Category Archives: Baja 2025
Gato Loco’s back on the Sea of Cortez
What a joyful day in Pueto Penasco! We’re sailing out of the harbor with Gato Loco fully recovered from the storm incident last spring. She’s polished up like new, and with new bottom paint, she’s cruising with the light breeze. Reflecting on the incident and how close we came to losing her to a rocky […]
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Baja 2025 Gonzaga Bay wind storm disaster Recovery
Monday, May 5th San Felipe, Baja (after the rescue) A big thank you to Jeffrey for meeting the rescued crew and arranging accommodations for the night. He took most of the crew first to Cholla and then on to Phoenix. Ed, Murril, and I arranged a taxi ride with Mario back to Gonzaga. After having […]
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Paul’s Tiller Time accounting of our Gonzaga disaster
Tiller Time report Sat 5/3 Departed Isla Polmo 11:30am to Bahía Gonzaga. Local wind projected to shift west and build to 30kt range late afternoon so we opted to anchor in the sand close to shore in Gonzaga. Began with east wind 4-8 kts, port tack reach with main, jib and screacher, Stephanie on helm. […]
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A beautiful sail to Gonzaga turns to disaster
Sorry I took very few photos as I was very busy. May 4th 5:45 pm the Mexican Marine rescue finally arrived to off load us off Gato Loco and abandon ship. Gato Loco will have to survive on her own through another night with winds gusting in the 60 kts range after 96 mph winds […]
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Big winds to Isla Pulmo (2nd Leg)
You may heard we had a high wind incident in Gonzaga Bay. I’ll write a full blog on the crazy night with wind gusts clocked at 94 mph by local residents. But first I want to publish our fun days before. May 3rd Wow, Puertecitos was lots of fun this visit. We meet a fun […]
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Northern Sea of Cortez Anchorage Crawl (Day 1)
What perfect day for a crossing. South winds 14 – 18kts for most of the day. The 14 hour crossing reduced to 12 with boat speeds up to 9 kts and 5 hours sail only. Seas were comfortable at 2 feet making for a happy crew. Hour 3 and Ed reeled in a 24” Yellow […]
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Northern Sea cruise Departed today with favorable winds
April 30th (day 1) Alarms went off at 4:45 Wednesday morning, a day earlier than planned to take advantage for south winds that should hold for most of the day. Pressing crews to head a day early was a challenge but hopefully it will pay off with a full day of sailing and arriving […]
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Baja 2024 in Review
A fun look back to our Baja 2024 cruise as we prepare to sail out again this season. A new AI app allowed us to create a Gato Loco theme song to accompany the photos. Click [ ] to go full screen and turn the volume up. Send article as PDF
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