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Category Archives: Baja 07


Gato Loco– The 11 Annual Rally Begins

By Lowell | May 22, 2019 | Category Baja 07

Saturday May 18th & 11th annual Multihull Rally begins   Early arrival Rally boats collect at the residential dock at Puerto Escondido. There’s now 6 boats in this years’ Rally, The marina has a big fishing tournament and there’s no room for us so we get an upgrade the Waicuri residential development just west of […]

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Journey north update, Running from the storm

By Lowell | June 13, 2018 | Category Baja 07

Wednesday June 13   Good news on all fronts today.The marina staff indicates that Bud should be a non-event that hopefully brings the area some much needed rain. The weather reports on the radio nets this morning are a bit more cautious with their analysis. The main theme is that Bud will not be a […]

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The Redden Trifecta Cruise and Anita & Diego (leg 2)

By Lowell | May 20, 2017 | Category Baja 07

  Friday May 19   Frankie and I returned to Loreto yesterday with the help of Kurt in San Diego. Kurt picked us up at the airport, took us to lunch and then delivered us to the Tijuana airport via the Cross Border Express. Dave and family were flying home from Loreto on the Calafia […]

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Gato Loco heads south

By Lowell | April 30, 2017 | Category Baja 07, Baja 2017

    Good morning friends from the deck of Gato Loco. We’re off on our 2017 cruise season. Bill, John and I been working the provisioning for the past 2 days and hopefully we have it all together. We want to thank Kelli (crew member John’s wife) for bring us down Thursday getting everything rolling. […]

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Baja 2017– The Westcoast Multihulls Baja Rally (planning)

By Lowell | March 17, 2017 | Category Baja 07

  Things are progressing on planning on this year’s Baja Cruise. This blog is focused on organizing this year’s Rally week with our fellow sailors in the Loreto area.   First just a few photos and news from Penasco. We’ve enlisted new crew member and Cholla HOOD neighbor John Teefy to help us sail Penasco […]

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Blame it on Mulege

By Lowell | April 30, 2016 | Category Baja 07, Baja2016

   Wednesday April 27th The photo left sets the stage for our day in Mulege. Perfect night in Chivato last night and we made the 7 mile leg into Mulege arriving mid morning with plenty on time to “Blame if on Mulege”. Hurricane Odile has been through Mulege since our last visit. The channel entrance […]

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Puerto Lobos to Bay of LA

By Lowell | April 23, 2013 | Category Baja 07

  Windy Day Lobos to Refugio Monday April 22.. One of the better daytime crossings in recent memory. Shortly after motoring out of the Lobos south bay we shut our engines down with a 15kt breeze on our port beam. Gato Loco is cruising at 7+kts with light seas… Couldn’t be any better.     […]

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Penasco to Puerto Lobos

By Lowell | April 23, 2013 | Category Baja 07

A quick catch up on our Cholla departure. After hiring the cleaning lady (left) to finish detail cleaning we headed back to Cholla for the annual OBSC community BASH which has been going on for over 25 years. As you can see people don’t have any fun in Cholla Bay. Cheers Cholla.!! Actually we had […]

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Baja Cruise 07 Updates Index

By Lowell | May 23, 2007 | Category Baja 07

Spring 07 Sailing Season Starting (introduction) Cruise starts tomorrow, April 15th (Sun) Nothing heard from Gato Loco, April 19th (Thur) Gato Loco arrived in Bay of LA, April 21ts (Sun) Baja07 Cruise, Leg to Loreto Fest begins tomorrow, April 25 (Wed) Bill & Dave’s Big Adventure to San Carlos, April 16th-25th Readying to cross to […]

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Puertecitos & the Crossing home to Puerto Penasco, May 18th (Fri)

By Lowell | May 21, 2007 | Category Baja 07

Cruisin North to Penasco Puertecitos & the Crossing home to Puerto Penasco, May 18th (Fri) Puertecitos at sunrise as Gato Loco heads for Puerto Penasco on Friday (3:30 Thur) Swells are rolling into the southern facing bay as we arrive in Puertecitos. A large tide swing is expected tonight so we can’t go beyond the […]

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Willard Bay & Isla San Louis, May 17th (Thur)

By Lowell | May 19, 2007 | Category Baja 07

Cruisin North to Penasco Homes on South Beach at Willard Bay Willard Bay & Isla San Louis, May 17th (Thur) (3:00, Wed) Playing cards, we slowly watched the sports fishing mother ship (Tony Reyes) catch us from behind as we motor sailed toward Willard Bay. Entering Gonzaga Bay, just south of Willard, we watched as […]

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Bahia de Los Angles, May 16th (Wed)

By Lowell | May 16, 2007 | Category Baja 07

Cruisin North to Penasco Bahia de Los Angles, May 16th (Wed) (Tuesday) We checked our fuel tanks for the third time as we poked our way to Bahia de Los Angles (Bay of LA) nearly out of fuel. Yes, I know Gato Loco is a sailboat but when there’s no wind we don’t GO and […]

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Kino Bay Crew Change, May 14th – 15th (Mon – Tue)

By Lowell | May 15, 2007 | Category Baja 07

Cruisin North to Penasco Kino Bay Crew Change, May 14th (Mon) Another good crossing!! Sunday we crossed the Sea to Kino in 10 1/2 hours with light SE winds and flat seas. Cruisers always consider these conditions the safest for a crossing but we usually prefer a little more action. Flying dolphins were the hi-lite. […]

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Windy night at Trinidad, Heading for Kino, May 13th, (Sun)

By Lowell | May 13, 2007 | Category Baja 07

Cruisin North to Kino Windy night at Trinidad, Heading for Kino, May 13th, (Sun) Happy Mother’s Day. Here’s some special pilot whale photos just for all our Mothers reading our Updates. I know my mother Betty will enjoy them.. These rounded nose whales (we think they’re whales??) have not been seen in the northern Sea […]

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Arriving Santa Rosalia, May 11th (Fri)

By Lowell | May 12, 2007 | Category Baja 07

Cruisin North to Kino Arriving Santa Rosalia, May 11th (Fri) The Mulege river/estuary is beautiful but not recommend for swimming so we pulled anchor early and decided to head 15 miles north to Punta Chivato for a early morning break on our way to Santa Rosalia. The Italian resort on the point was quiet. They […]

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Bahia San Sebastian, heading back to Mulege, May 10th (Thur)

By Lowell | May 11, 2007 | Category Baja 07

Cruisin North to Kino Bahia San Sebastian, heading back to Mulege, May 10th (Thur) Spinnaker socked as we arrived at the Sebastian entrance yesterday. One other boat (home port Toronto) setting tucked in behind the south reef. Plenty of room for Gato Loco close-in near the neighborhood wireless antenna. Everybody busy catching up on emails […]

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North bound, May the, (Wed)

By Lowell | May 9, 2007 | Category Baja 07

Cruising North to Kino North bound, May the, (Wed) Yesterday, our 15 mile leg from Loreto to I. Carmen’s north anchorage Vee Cove was a motor sail with wind just off our nose to get a little wind assist. Lots of boats heading north (destination San Carlos) so we’re hoping to see Vee Cove empty […]

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New Crew in Loreto, May 7th (Mon)

By Lowell | May 8, 2007 | Category Baja 07

Cruisin North Bound Crew Change in Loreto, May 7th (Mon) Monday is our transition day. Morning ham radio net weather looks favorable for us to do the crew change anchored in front of Loreto where there is little protection from the weather. Wind has been laying down nicely every night and more of the same […]

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Loreto Fest report, May 5-6 (Sat/Sun)

By Lowell | May 7, 2007 | Category Baja 07

Loreto Fest report, May 5-6 (Sat/Sun) Saturday up at 6:30 to run Steve to the dinghy dock catching his taxi to the Loreto airport. Sun’s just rising to the east of the anchorage. No sign of life on any of the boats as we ghost on glass water past SeaEsta (photo left) moored next to […]

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Loreto Fest, May 4th (Fri)

By Lowell | May 5, 2007 | Category Baja 07

Cruisin to Loreto Fest Loreto Fest, May 4th (Fri) Our arrival to Loreto Fest 4 PM yesterday was in light air and warm temps. We motored the east coast of Carmen checking out anchorages for future reference then crossed north of Isla Danzante into Puerto Escondido. The 07 Loreto Fest attendance is notably smaller (75 […]

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Isla Carmen north shore, May 2 (Wed)

By Lowell | May 3, 2007 | Category Baja 07

Cruisin to Loreto Fest Loreto for supplies then destination Isla Carmen north shore, May 2 (Wed) Dam I wish this boat would stop rolling.. Our anchorage at Isla Coronado was plagued with north swells and a light breeze from the SW keeping swells to our beam. Bounce..Bounce.. Finally about 4 AM things settled down. Plans […]

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Headin to Isla Coronodo May 1st (Tue)

By Lowell | May 1, 2007 | Category Baja 07

Cruisin to Loreto Fest Headin to Isla Coronado May 1st (Tue) 8:30… Wep-ee! 18-20kt winds out of the SW off shore as we head SSE towards San Juanico @ 7.5kts. What a way to start the day. This all started with a good night of sleeping in Bahia San Sebastian with no wind to create […]

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Destination Bahia San Sebastian, April 30 (Mon)

By Lowell | April 30, 2007 | Category Baja 07

Cruisin to Loreto Fest Destination Bahia San Sebastian, April 30 (Mon) Bahia Conception can be as smooth as a lake and this morning is one of those days as we motor north to round Punta Conception east of the Mulege area. Weather seems to be warming up maybe just due to the lack of wind […]

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Headin into Bahia Conception, April 29th (Sun)

By Lowell | April 30, 2007 | Category Baja 07

Cruisin to Loreto Fest Headin into Bahia Conception, April 29th (Sun)               Some final shots at our Mulege anchorage. The right picture at sunset the lighthouse attendant is turning on the light that must be running on solar these days since the power poles are all laying on the […]

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Hello New Day in Mulege (moo-la-hay) April 28th

By Lowell | April 29, 2007 | Category Baja 07

Cruisin to Loreto Fest Hello New Day in Mulege (moo-la-hay) Sat. April 28th We’re anchored just inside the river inlet near the sea wall below the lighthouse where boats tie up Mediterranean style. The channel is only 3 ft deep at low tide. Navigating into the channel we followed the path of a local panga […]

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Crossing to Mulege – April 27th

By Lowell | April 27, 2007 | Category Baja 07

Cruisin to Loreto Fest Crossing to Mulege (Moo-la-hay) – April 27th “Hello New Day” quoting a sailing friend. Sunrise as we exit San Carlos harbor.. (7:30) San Carlos is fading on our stern as we mortorsail on a 218 heading towards Mulege. Winds out of the SE @ 14 and sea swells out of the […]

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April 26, Readying to cross to Mulege, Baja

By Lowell | April 27, 2007 | Category Baja 07

Cruisin to Loreto Fest April 26th, Marina San Carlos Great job guys! Reading Bill and Dave’s big update for their cruise to San Carlos was great. Bill now has to find out why is phone isn’t working outside the Penasco region. I was able to send it at local wireless hot spot… This morning O-dark-thirty […]

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Bill & Dave’s Big Adventure to San Carlos

By Lowell | April 26, 2007 | Category Baja 07

Cruising to San Carlos Monday, April 16, 2007 It’s 5:00, Dave and I (Bill) are heading out of Puerto Penasco on a broad reach cruising at 7.5 knots. The sun’s rising and it’s another typical day on the Sea on Cortez -beautiful. We arrived at Gato Loco around 11:00 last night and didn’t hit the […]

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Baja07 Cruise, Leg to Loreto Fest begins tomorrow

By Lowell | April 25, 2007 | Category Baja 07

Cruisin to Loreto Fest April 25th, Phoenix To say we’re anxious is down playing the mood a bit. The crew for the 2nd leg of the Baja07 cruise is making the final preparations after crew member Steve Quant arrived in Phx mid-day today (Wed). The 2nd leg crew will be Steve, Frankie and Lowell (me). […]

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Gato Loco arrived in Bay of LA today.

By Lowell | April 21, 2007 | Category Baja 07

Cruisin to San Carlos   April 20, Phoenix (Lowell here) Good news.. Today I received an email from Bill & Dave and they have arrived in Bahia de Los Angeles mid-day today (Friday). They don’t have cell service and I didn’t give them the advance instructions to take their Updates into the internet cafe to […]

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