Welcome to the home page for the sailboat Gato Loco. Gato Loco is a Seawind 1000 33 foot catamaran sailboat owned by a group of friends with our recreational homes and Gato Loco’s homeport in Puerto Penasco (Rocky Point) Mexico. The partners are Lowell & Frankie McCulley, Dave & Ellen Redden, Rick Quant and Bill Hensler. We had been adventuring south in the Sea of Cortez for years in smaller boats and in 2002 we decided to raise our sights on destinations further south. With Gato Loco, we have conquered Baja by exploring the entire Baja coast Pacific to Puerto Penasco in the Sea of Cortez. The Pacific coast of mainland Mexico will also be in our sights as we hear of wonderful places to spend winters with other sailing cruisers. We’ve got the boat and now we “must go” and follow our life long motto: Big Fun!
The name Gato Loco means "crazy cat" in Spanish and fits well with the personality of the partners. The name has been an excellent choice and always brings a smile to the local Mexicans when they hear it.
Gato Loco’s adventure started in Long Beach where she arrived from Sydney Australia. Partners had a great time outfitting her for the first big cruise while she sat in Ensenada Mexico May through October 2002. At the end of October 2002 we sailed from San Diego to Cabo in a cruiser rally called the “Baja Haha”, placing in second place in the multi-hull division. That cruise officially started our Baja cruising adventures.
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You will find links to Gato Loco adventure stories in the links that follow.
Baja11, Crusin to Baja for Seawind Rally & Loreto Fest April 21 – June 14
Baja10, Crusin to Baja for Seawind Rally & Loreto Fest April 22 – June 11
Baja09, Crusin to Baja for Seawind Rally & Loreto Fest April 11 – June 7
3rd Annual West Coast Seawind Rally – August 21th – 24th 2008
Baja08, Crusin Baja by Land & by Sea – April 12th to June 21
GatoLoco and Crew featured in the January 08 Sail magazine
Greece07 Cruise with Al on her 40th July 18th – Sept ???
Baja07 Cruise to Loreto Fest April 16th – May 18th
Baja Boys Cruise to New York City on the new 1160 Seawind Catamaran- Sept 17 – 25 2006
West Coast Seawind Rally – August 17th – 20th 2006
Baja 06 Oncore – Sailing to San Felipe – May 24 May 26
Cruising to Baja 06 "On Mexican Time" – April 29 – May 19
Spring 06 Sailing begins – Puerto Penasco -San Carlos – Mar 19th – 26th 2006
Home for the Summer – San Carlos – Puerto Penasco June 14th – 23rd 2005
Slide show from the Cruise ( high speed connection only)
Loreto Fest 05 – Chris turns 50 – San Carlos – Puerto Escondido, April 22nd – May 1 2005
Ricardo & Yvette’s San Carlos Cruise, April 14th – 19th 2005
Birthdays in San Carlos, April 4 – April 8th 2005
Cruise to San Carlos – Puerto Penasco to San Carlos, February 26th – March 6th 2005
Loreto Fest Cruise to Puerto Escondido, April 29th – May 20th 2004
Bahia De Los Angeles Cruise April 4-11 2004. Bill, Carlton & Beth go to Baja.
Gato Loco Whale watching in Puerto Penasco ( Jan 17th, 2004)
Gato Loco arrives home, The Final Leg to Puerto Penasco ( Oct 10 -17th 2003)
Mulege Cruise, La Paz – San Carlos (July 2 – 11, 2003)
Frankie and Lowell’s 33rd anniversary cruise to Partida (April 4-11,2003)
Read Ricardo’s account of his trip to La Paz Jan 24-28 2003. Ricardo Really Likes La Paz!!
New Years sailing trip La Paz to Cabo and back 2002 – 2003
The Baja Haha; Our first big adventure sailing from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas Oct 2002
Gato Loco arrives; The delivery to Ensenada May 2002
Links
Tide charts for Mexico.. Follow this link http://oceanografia.cicese.mx/predmar/calmen.php
Puerto Penasco WeatherBuoy 2 day
BajaInsider.com Features stories
