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Category Archives: Baja 09


Baja 09 – In review

By Lowell | June 17, 2009 | Category Baja 09

What’s new.. Baja 09 Closes Legs 3 & 4 slideshow (part 1 & 2) & Clyde’s UTube video The Gato Loco history update Baja 09, GatoLoco’s Sixth Season to Venture South in the Sea of Cortez(2) Baja 09 Comes to a Close with lots of Great Memories (8) Leg 8 (June) 06: Leg 8 – […]

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Baja 09 Comes to a Close with lots of Great Memories

By Lowell | June 10, 2009 | Category Baja 09

Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers with Sonoran Resorts behind the new venue Gato Loco has been home for a week now after completing our 8 week journey on the Sea of Cortez. Lots of stories have been told as the Baja 09 crews gathered in Cholla with her return and the Peacemaker concert the first […]

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Leg 8 – continued…

By Lowell | June 6, 2009 | Category Baja 09

Casey playing Hearts…all day and all night. Captain Bill created a monster!               smoke stack sunset in Cabo Lobos                   Fresh scallops from the fisherman at Cabo Lobos…mmm mmm!               🙂         […]

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Leg 8 – Getting to Gato Loco & then some

By Lowell | June 3, 2009 | Category Baja 09

We arrived at Puerto Penasco and met up with Brian and Heather at JJ’s. We then decided to take the 8 hour overnight bus to San Carlos instead of waiting till the next day…I yi yi! This picture sums up our first day in Mexico – exhausted. Thanks so much Brian and Heather for all […]

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Leg 7 Just when we thought it was all over……..NOT

By Lowell | May 29, 2009 | Category Baja 09

      Coming into Santa Rosalia…will anchor in the marina tonight. Yhay, showers with unlimited hot water.             At our delicious rotiserie chicken lunch restaurant where we were served delightful margaritas (again)…we happened to bump into Frankie and Lowell’s friends M & M (Myron and Marilyn). Small world!   […]

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Leg 7 …But Seriously

By Lowell | May 28, 2009 | Category Baja 09

      Bahia Santa Domingo sunset..anchorerd for the night. Running low on supplies…no tequila left!           Moon over Mulege.                 Goodmorning salute from a friendly foca (Spanish for Sea Lion).             At least someone’s catching a fish.   […]

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Leg 6 Isla Coronado to V cove

By Lowell | May 26, 2009 | Category Baja 09

We left Isla Colorado after a delicious breakfast of Bill’s Famous Flapjacks. They were finger licking, stick to your ribs good. As we departed, we noticed spouts in the distance, and they seemed to be heading in the direction we were travelling. We hoped that our courses would intersect. Fortunately, they did and we were […]

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Leg 7 Chatta Loco

By Lowell | May 26, 2009 | Category Baja 09

  Beautiful catch – a Rooster fish.                       Dinner and margs at Bertha’s on Playa El Burro.               Found PeeWee’s long lost Mex Papa.                 “Library Voices Please!”..that means library horns for […]

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Leg 7 The hollow leg

By Lowell | May 26, 2009 | Category Baja 09

      Where in the world are we?…Nogales, Mexico               Miguel starting the journey off right!               Mike and Liane arrive in San Carlos.               First stop isthe Soggy Peso.             […]

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Gato Loco Leg 5 Blog #7

By Lowell | May 25, 2009 | Category Baja 09

Our Final Blog…   Our last morning on the Gato Loco…we left Bahia Marquer for a short motor over to Puerto Escondido to refuel, let Bill do laundry, and refill our water supply. As you can see, we left Puerto Escondido in our wake as we headed towards our final port of call, Loreto. Our […]

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Leg 6 Isla Coronado to V cove.

By Lowell | May 20, 2009 | Category Baja 09

We left Isla Colorado after a delicious breakfast of Bill’s Famous Flapjacks. They were finger licking, stick to your ribs good. As we departed, we noticed spouts in the distance, and they seemed to be heading in the direction we were travelling. We hoped that our courses would intersect. Fortunately, they did and we were […]

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leg 6, Brian’s 1st Update

By Lowell | May 20, 2009 | Category Baja 09

Heather and I drove to San Carlos on Friday and stayed in the groovy little 7 unit hotel Posada Del Desierto. This is the hotel everyone has stayed in when departing from San Carlos. Carlos, the hotel manager let us keep our car there and he also drove us to the airport in the morning. […]

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Gato Loco Leg 5 Blog #6

By Lowell | May 20, 2009 | Category Baja 09

Even before dawn, we could hear the sounds of the pelicans diving for breakfast. Soon the fisherman came in their pangas looking for bait for the day’s catch. After a quick breakfast, Marilyn secured the lines for the dingy and we were off to Honeymoon Cove, our last anchorage before going back to the big […]

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Gato Loco Leg 5 Blog #5

By Lowell | May 20, 2009 | Category Baja 09

    We woke to calm seas with no wind at all. Last night was a rough one. We spun around all night long with howling winds. Bill didn’t sleep much and both Sally and Marilyn got seasick. I, on the other hand, slept the best I had all trip. Never heard a single thing […]

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Gato Loco Leg 5 Blog #4

By Lowell | May 20, 2009 | Category Baja 09

We woke to another gorgeous morning in Vee Cove. What lucky, lucky people we are! This morning the water was much more clear than yesterday, so Sally and Bill were off to snorkel from the boat to the cliffs. Bill took some amazing underwater photos, as you can see. Yesterday it got quite windy and […]

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Gato Loco Leg 5 Blog #3

By Lowell | May 20, 2009 | Category Baja 09

We got another early start to Vee Cove, our next anchorage. It was a longer sail today, with about a 5-6 hour trip. We hit some rougher water with more wind. It was a pretty bumpy ride most of the way. A couple us got a little queasy, but I’m not saying who! I fell […]

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Gato Loco Leg 5 Blog #2

By Lowell | May 20, 2009 | Category Baja 09

We set sail to our next anchorage, San Juanico. We raised the main sail, put the Gato Loco on autopilot and settled in to enjoy ourselves. We stopped along the way, thinking we would have lunch and snorkel at Tres Pilars. Unfortunately, the wind picked up and it was too murky to see anything. We […]

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Gato Loco Leg 5 Blog #1-complete version

By Lowell | May 20, 2009 | Category Baja 09

**Just to let you know, an unfinished version of Blog #1 was sent out by accident. This is the completed version.** Hola amigos! The start of Leg 5 began with Sally Dalton, Marilyn Haney and Lisa Wendt (me, AKA, Ms. Wendt) staying in this lovely little hotel, Posada del Desierto, in San Carlos on our […]

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Hope we’re making progress in getting updates flowing again…

By Lowell | May 19, 2009 | Category Baja 09

After getting Heather in front of the Gato Loco computer to interpret messages from TelCel, we think we have problems figured out. Her Spanish classes in Guanajuato are already paying off 🙂 Lisa, in Puerto Penasco, went to the TelCel office yesterday and added more money to the internet account. The next time Gato Loco […]

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Home in Cholla, Overwhelmed by acts of kindness during our journey home

By Lowell | May 15, 2009 | Category Baja 09

Frankie, Neely & Lowell are safely home in Cholla, Thursday May 14th Our journey home from Loreto was full of acts of kindness. We have lots of stories to tell and we have to start with our journey across the Sea of Cortez from Santa Rosalia to Guaymas. This leg, of our entire Baja09 adventure, […]

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Gato Loco Leg 5 Blog #1

By Lowell | May 12, 2009 | Category Baja 09

Hola amigos! The start of Leg 5 began with Sally Dalton, Marilyn Haney and Lisa Wendt (me, AKA, Ms. Wendt) staying in this lovely little hotel, Posada del Desierto, in San Carlos on our first evening of our adventure. We had a nice dinner at The Captain’s Club, where we were eaten alive by mosquitos! […]

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Leg 4, The final days :(

By Lowell | May 9, 2009 | Category Baja 09

Wednesday May 6 After a beautiful cool night in the Marquer anchorage we made our way to Loreto for provisions. We had a little emergency late last night when the head plugged and to set everybody’s mind at ease I stayed up late to clear the problem and was serious competetion to David Letterman for […]

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Neely’s Blog #3

By Lowell | May 7, 2009 | Category Baja 09

I have meet some friends along the way like Virgil, he was about twice my size with big ears just like Big E has and lives on board thats a lot smaller than our boat. His dad said he was a rescue dog from the pound in L.A. area. We meet on Isla Coronado both […]

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Leg 4 days 1-3 (Bill’s Birthday)

By Lowell | May 7, 2009 | Category Baja 09

Welcome to Honeymoon cove (Sunday May 3rd). I’m writing this while playing Mexican Train, a dominois game, in Isla Coronoda. It’s Wednesday night and I’ve fallen behind on our blogs with all the fun we’ve had with Bill’s birthday adventures. Actually Loreto Fest got things behind. Our first anchorage of leg 4 was at Honeymoon […]

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Loreto Fest (Leg 3 day 6-7)

By Lowell | May 5, 2009 | Category Baja 09

Friday May 2nd Time to make our way to the Loreto Fest anchorage at Puerto Escondido. It’s 38 miles south and the wind is back and on our nose from the S at 12. The temp is a little cooler today and no one is ready for a morning swim. SeaEsta has left a little […]

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La Lancha & Bahia San Juanico (Leg3 day 5-6)

By Lowell | May 3, 2009 | Category Baja 09

La Lancha Anchorage on Isla Carmen Night 2 of our Seawind Rally was spent in the La Lancha anchorage on the north shore of Isla Carmen. This anchorage is connected with the salt operation with a road and was used to deliver workers and supplies from Loreto with the shortest connection. Good anchorage with enough […]

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Bahia Salinas, Vee Cove & Puerto La Lancha on Isla Carmen (Leg3 day 3-4)

By Lowell | May 1, 2009 | Category Baja 09

Seawind Rally Days As the world is held hostage by the swine flu the Gato Loco crew is joined by their Seawind friends for some days together in the Loreto area. Everybody is good on our boats. Tuesday April 28th near sunset Gato Loco with Bill, Lowell, Frankie & Kerry joined Ralph & Helen on […]

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Loreto & Punta Colorado on Isla Carmen (Leg3 day 1 – 2)

By Lowell | April 28, 2009 | Category Baja 09

Tuesday April 28th. Flash back to Sunday.. We joined MoonDrifter crew to go to the farmers market in Loreto. The haul was so large it took two dinging trips to get crews and supplies back on board. In the picture right Gato Locos stores overflow with fresh fruit. No scurrvy on this leg 🙂 We […]

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Gato Loco’s Neely Update #2 (Life on board)

By Lowell | April 27, 2009 | Category Baja 09

  Neely Cruising Baja Well I got the crossing behind me and a full week on board. I do have to say I am getting very comfortable on Gato Loco. My days begin with a early morning feeding than a ride on the dingy (my favorite) to shore. While on shore my parents take me […]

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San Jaunico, Isla Coronados & Loreto (Leg 2 (6 &7)

By Lowell | April 26, 2009 | Category Baja 09

Friday Leaving San Jaunico always requires leaving a token offering on the cruisers tree. Neely found a cool piece of drift wood that became Baja09 Leg 2’s offering. Last years stone was still hanging so we were able to do a little maintenance and hang the new addition. Since Gato Loco will probably be here […]

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