By Lowell | May 23, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Friday May 20th It was a pleasant afternoon yesterday in Bay of LA. We arrived 4ish and soon headed to Guillermo’s for a well deserved margarita. I found someone to take me to the gas station for fuel while the crew walked to the Mercado for a few provisions. We decided to have dinner while […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 19, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Tuesday May 17th Fog banks have been following us the past day to the east. We woke this morning with the Mulege river channel covered with a fog bank making it a little worrisome that the fishing boats heading in and out in the early morning will see Gato Loco in the channel. Things are […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 18, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Sunday May 15th Heading Conception Bay today but first we wanted to make a very special visit to the cruiser tree so Heather could see Brian’s memorial we created 3 years ago. As you might expect this was very emotional for Heather. She brought 2 personal items of Brian’s to add the plaque, an eye […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 15, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Thursday May 19th Frist leg 3 crew Kurt and Gwen arrival today. They’re flying the new American Air fight from Phoenix directly to Loreto like the leg 2 crew and arrive 1:30 and make it to the marina by 2. The marina continues to get busier due to the huge fishing tournament this weekend and […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 14, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Saturday May 14th A quick update as we will be out of cell range for a couple of days. New crew on board. Heather Kurt and Gwen.. This is going to be fun. North winds that potentially could have delayed our departure have subsided and we’re headed north to anchorage San Juanico. This put us […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 13, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Monday May 9th Yes the tradition continues as Moon Drifter hosted French Toast breakfast for the boats that were still in Coronados this Monday morning. Randy and Jody put together the caramel apple topping like Helen always made. I know Ralph and Helen are following the Updates and will appreciate the thought and of course […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 11, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Saturday May 7th Starting this Update with humpback photo that Trever sent us taken on our way to Monserrate. They saw us make maneuvers to follow the whale and joined us getting this shot. Nice peaceful cool night after the beach party. Today we’re racing to Bahia Salinas. Gato Loco got an early lead with […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 8, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Thursday May 5th The Multihull rally begins with a Cinco de Mayo meet and greet party at Marina Puerto Escondido. Great little 2 piece band sets the mode for the evening keeping everyone moving. Some past rally friends are here but mostly new sailing crews to get to know. It was very nice to […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 6, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Wednesday May 4th Sailed into Puerto Escondido mid-day to drop rally shirts and fuel up. A quick lunch at the marina café and we’re off to find a near by anchorage for the night. While in the café memories came of from 2014. The picture right show how this marina has grown. We finally found […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 4, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Tuesday May 3rd Jumping ahead a bit. San Juanico and Coronados report later. Nice overnight anchorage at Isla Coronados. No bees to report. Motoring to get Murril in to Loreto in time for his covid test for his 4 pm fight back to LAX. Murril and Rick departing after 9 days on board. What an […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 3, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Friday May 29th After the longer passages in the northern Sea we now have legs 45nmi or less. Today we’re headed to Conception Bay Playa Santispac to enjoy a dinner on the beach at Armando’s. The Santa Rosalia to Santispac leg is 45 miles. The slow start after Tonka’s, we depart 11ish, a late start […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 30, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Thursday April 28th Sunset my ass!! We use an average boat speed of 6kts when we figure an arrival time which puts us arriving 6:30ish for the 76NM passage. We cross into Baja Sur just before Santa Rosalia putting us on mountain time making it 7:30 basically a sunset arrival. Chris and I are up […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 28, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Wednesday May27th Big plans today. We’re heading down to Isla Salsipuedes to hike the island have lunch and then further down to our over night anchorage at San Francisquito. Chris and I are up at 5:30 to haul anchor and get an early start on the day. Heading south down the lower Whale channel the […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 27, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Tuesday May 26th Crew up early in Refugio for the 46 mile run into Bay of LA. No morning coffee with our propane problem. Another quite cool night. We’re sleeping under blankets. Looking south down Whale towards Bay of LA winds look light. We pass a 2 masked schooner as we carefully pass the exposed […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 26, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Monday May 25th The Gato crew appreciated a comfortable cool night to decompress from the stress preparing, provisioning and launching the cruise. THe leg to Puerto Refugio is 57 miles an easier day so it was a no alarm morning and we made way at 7:15 with north winds at 10. The Lobos area is […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 24, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Disclaimer I’ve had a good happy hour before writing this blog. The decision to sail toward Puerto Lobo turned out to be a great plan. After getting a later departure out of Penasco winds did us a big favor pushing us into Puerto Lobos. As I reported in the last blog winds started in in […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 24, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Yes Our departure finds Arizona with weather creating strong winds. There’s Arizona forest fires being fueled by strong winds. One fire is only 10 miles from our Prescott cabin and the other is in Flagstaff and burned through Dave’s neighborhood. We’ll be keeping a close eye on progress to control the fires and a huge […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 13, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
The 2019 beach party on Isla Coronado was a fun time as you can tell from the group photo near sunset. This years Rally looks to be another fun sailing reunion of friends. Below photo, the Rally anchored in San Juanico on Baja 20 miles north of Loreto. We’ve been busy organizing the crews for […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | March 24, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Let’s go sailing. It’s been TOO LONG. The last blog about upcoming cruises was “Sailing into a new decade” published in February 2020. Covid put sailing out of reach giving us a 2 year break. The good news we’re going to break out of our home port of Penasco to go hangout with friends out […]
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