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Category Archives: Baja 2013


The Enchanted Islands & on home to Penasco

By Lowell | June 18, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

I’m writing this update at our casa in Cholla Bay after getting a days rest. Frankie and are preparing to close the Cholla house for the summer and hopefully head north to cooler weather although the weather here is still very nice. Anyway on to the last days of our Leg 7 journey back to […]

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Gato Loco Back in Penasco

By Lowell | June 16, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

We made it in back to Marina Penasco early Sunday morning (1:30 am) safe and sound.. Details as soon as we get a little rest. Yes, without getting Wrecked. We did enjoy a little Wrecked breakfast this morning with Frankie and Lisa. A real update coming soon.    Send article as PDF   

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Two Days of Awesome Sailing

By Lowell | June 14, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

 Wednesday June 12th Where do I start. 🙂 We hauled anchor and departed from Isla Salsipudes before 9 (above photo as we depart) hoping to make Bay of LA for provisioning and then on to one of the Bay’s island anchorages. There’s a heavy marine layer turning our views into gray overcast skies. Salsipudes soon […]

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Isla Salspudedes or Bust

By Lowell | June 12, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

First a little catchup. Last update was sent in a hurry before we lost cell service and I think it would be worth a few more details on out flight and Santa Rosalia. Left – “Murril meets the Beast”.. He’s been a bit worried about flying in a small plan, even bought himself a small […]

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4 Amigos Head to Penasco

By Lowell | June 9, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

A fun weekend in Cholla with the best Peacemaker concert in years… What a great way to start Leg 7 to bring Gato Loco home to Puerto Penasco. Saturday morning May 8th we awoke with waves crashing at our Cholla casa. Today is concert day that starts with a soccer tournament on the beach at […]

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Gato Loco’s Baja Cruise Resumes

By Lowell | June 4, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

Sorry it’s been a while since you’ve heard from us. Leg 4 crew left Gato Loco in Santa Rosalia and returned home a week ago where she will rest there until the Leg 7 crew travels to Santa Rosalia next Monday. Leg 4 gang had an awesome time sailing from Loreto to Santa Rosalia. See […]

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Blog Two – Leg 4

By Lowell | May 25, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

  Tres & Mike’s turn at blog.  Too much FUN to put into words (and we are both LAZY) … ENJOY the pictures! We want to thank the owners of Gato Loco and our wonderful Captain  Bill for giving us this opportunity of a LIFETIME!    Send article as PDF   

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…and the “Booze Cruise” begins…

By Lowell | May 23, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

         Our Leg began with celebrating Tres’s birthday on our way to San Carlos.  Spent the evening at the Soggy Pesa and Charlie Rocks.  Early flight to Loreto and pure excitement when we saw Gato Loco waiting for us off shore.       Mike has got our week of the Booze […]

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Gato Loco’s Dolphin Escort to Mulege

By Lowell | May 18, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

  Bill & Carol have a crew change today in Loreto as Jane & Randy and Peggy & Jerry depart Gato Loco’s leg 3. The new leg 4 crew sailing to Santa Rosalia over the next week is, Mike &  Liane and Tres & Ruthanne. Good luck and happy sailing. Hope you find this pod […]

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Fun in the Sun

By Lowell | May 18, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

                  Good Morning from Puerto Escondido!  We say goodbye to Jerry and Peggy today.  This trip has been amazing.  Our Captain couldn’t have done a better job getting us through all the anchorages.  Bill has been entertaining this trip.  He battled with killer bees.  He was out of control with the […]

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THE SAILORS AND THEIR DANCING GIRLS

By Lowell | May 14, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

Welcome to the 3rd leg of the GATO LOCO.  We said goodbye to Frankie and Lowell at Sophia’s Restaurant.    Light breeze motor sailing takes us to Coronado and San Juanico for a fun night of wine and dancing.  Here we left our gift for safe travel for all sailors.  Our gift was an empty […]

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THE SAILORS AND THEIR DANCING GIRLS

By Lowell | May 14, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

Welcome to the 3rd leg of the GATO LOCO.  We said goodbye to Frankie and Lowell at Sophia’s Restaurant.    Light breeze motor sailing takes us to Coronado and San Juanico for a fun night of wine and dancing.  Here we left our gift for safe travel for all sailors.  Our gift was an empty […]

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The last days of Leg 2 – Dave & Ellen depart

By Lowell | May 13, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

Thursday, May 9th – San Marte After a nice Rally breakfast we hauled anchor and motored out the the reefs in front of the San Marte anchorage for some snorkeling. They present a serious hazard to boats since they are just awash below the surface and have been hit by may boats. Today the water […]

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Winds at Our Back to San Marte :) Rally update #3

By Lowell | May 11, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

Wednesday, May 8th Bahia Salinas Yep, It snowed in Baja. The crazy cats visited the salt mine yet again. Dave and Ellen had never seen anything like this inland salt lake covered with salt. The old salt mine, now a hunting camp, is holding it’s own under the heavy saline conditions. Almost all the old […]

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Seawind Rally, Carmen North Shores

By Lowell | May 9, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

Monday, May 6th, Happy Hour in Puerta Ballandra There’s  now 7 boats with us on the Rally, MoonDrifter, Gato Loco, Peir a Mer, Bon Temps, Dream Catcher, Out of Here & Mariah make up the Rally fleet. The 60’ trawler “Out of Here”, our Rally Mothership, is hosting tonight’s sunset happy hour. It’s a beautiful […]

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Seawind Baja Rally #5 Begins

By Lowell | May 7, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

Sunday, May 5th Full rally crew is on Gato Loco after picking up Frankie, Bill & Carol flying in from San Carlos. Dave and Ellen arrived last night. Frankie has another “only in Mexico” story. She arrived at the San Carlos airport and found her ticket had been cancelled. The flight was full so there […]

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Loreto Fest & Final days for Leg 1

By Lowell | May 6, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

Thursday, May 2nd Windy day blows us to Puerto Escondido sail only, A perfect way to finish our 11 day sail from Penasco. Another leg completed successfully. Singlar marinas seem to be in trouble. No gas on the dock here in Escondido either. Filled with water we headed to the restaurant to meet friends. Craig […]

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Loreto & the Islands

By Lowell | May 4, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

Sorry about the delay on sending updates. Things got a bit busy once we arrived at Puerto Escondido & Loreto Fest. More on that in the next Update. Tuesday, April 30 Anchored in the north anchorage at Isla Coronados with MoodDrifter, Maria & Pacific High, boat friends from Phoenix. Our departure from San Sebastian was […]

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Mulege & San Sebastian

By Lowell | May 1, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

Sunday, April 28th It was over 100 in Phoenix today and Mulege is 92 when we arrive which feels pretty warm. We’ve motored and sailed out of Conception Bay arriving in the Mulege channel 2ish. Everybody on board is a little sluggish after our rough Saturday night. Our Mulege Sunday afternoon visit will be slow […]

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Spinnaker ride into Conception Bay

By Lowell | April 28, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

                      Friday, April 26th – Isla San Marcos Los Arcos sea caves as we set anchor for some sightseeing and swimming. Duck.!! Entering the big arch at high tide is a little tight.   Lowell’s hole shines behind the amazed crew. Water temp is on […]

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Santa Rosalia with the wind at our backs :)

By Lowell | April 26, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

Thursday April 25th, Chilly calm night in San Francisquto. We woke with our bows pointing north after 3 days of south winds which is a good thing. We’re heading to Santa Rosalia 71nms south. Not having the wind on our nose is going to make life much more enjoyable.  The dampness from the marine layer […]

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South Winds heading for San Francisquito

By Lowell | April 25, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

Wednesday April 24 Yesterday…Arriving on Guillermo’s ramp we found the restaurant closed but some of the staff were working the store. Within minutes they volunteered to run us to the Pemix for fuel. We had to be careful to not step through the floor of their late model Datson truck. Fuel consumption was light coming […]

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Gato Loco Departs for Baja, Adios Penasco

By Lowell | April 20, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

April 20th (day for final preperations) Gato Loco’s 2013 cruise is underway. We’re setting on board Saturday night with all provisions stowed, bellies full from Capone’s pizza and entertainment from the crew. Right, Lynnie doing best pirate imitation right. We’re off for Puerto Lobos tomorrow morning with the alarm set at 5 AM. My crews […]

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Gato Loco Sails South in 9 Days

By Lowell | April 10, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

As you can tell there’s lots of excitement as Gato Loco  prepares to depart.                       Leg 1 Cruise South Leg 1 departs Sunday April 21st weather permitting for the 12 day cruise to Baja and the 2013 edition of Loreto Fest. Leg 1 crew Jeffery […]

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Goto Loco’s 2013 cruise prep & the Penasco Whale season

By Lowell | March 8, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

This spring has been an exceptional whale season in Penasco (Rocky Point) with more whale sightings than we can remember. The last time these beautiful creatures blessed us with their presence in these numbers was in 2004 when we last had a Gato Loco whale update. Of course this is overlooking Steve and my encounter […]

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Baja 2013, Lets get it started

By Lowell | January 17, 2013 | Category Baja 2013

January Jam in Cholla Bay has come to set the stage for the spring sailing season. Rain throughout the southwest threatened to put a damper on the evening but after raining all night the night before,  dry, cloudy but mild weather treated us to very nice evening of music at JJ’s Cantina. “Our second home […]

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