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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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. […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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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