By Lowell | April 30, 2008 | Category Baja 08
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 Monday morning we picked up additional crew members, Bruce and Cynthia also from Cholla Bay. Yesterdays 6hr. drive was easy with no problems. We arrived in San Carlos and picked up one of the sails we had to get fixed and headed for the local store and stocked up on Cerveza’s […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 29, 2008 | Category Baja 08
It’s Tuesday morning April 29th and the Baja08 cruise resumes after attending a beautiful wedding in Cholla Bay. More on the cruise in a bit but first a little news on: The Cholla Bay Wedding Part of the wedding crowd at the Friday night reception . Our very close friends and Cholla neighbors Tom and […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 23, 2008 | Category Baja 08
Since we were having problems with our email list service during the cruise we’re sending an index list of updates sent during the cruise. You can add addtional emails addresses or remove your name from the list by following the subscribe link at the bottom of the page. Leg 1 (April) 09: Baja 08 cruising […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 20, 2008 | Category Baja 08
Sailing to San Carlos from Puerto Penasco took us 6 days. Today we jumped into the the seat of Ted’s Beachcraft and made our way back to Penasco in 1 hour and 40 minutes, quite a contrast in modes of travel. Ted & his wife MaryJo live in Fagstaff and use the airplane […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 19, 2008 | Category Baja 08
Yesterday (Saturday) we meet up with Richard & Kerry mid-day. They had a good but long trip from Sydney and are slowly adjusting to local time. They seemed to following the right remedy by walking a lot, shopping a lot & drinking margaritas a lot. After Richard recovered from the margaritas 6ish we decided to […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 19, 2008 | Category Baja 08
We woke up Thursday to see what our anchorage looks like. Arriving after dark with moon light all seemed well but it’s hard to know what’s below the surface. Day light exposed some rocks below the surface but not in harms way. Winds blew all night from the north making our protection perfect. Today will […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 17, 2008 | Category Baja 08
North East Willard anchorage on the SW corner of Isla Tiburon Tuesday afternoon sail from Isla Partida to Isla Tiburon was typical conditions with winds building all afternoon finally blowing 18 as we arrived at Tiburon. Both anchorages Willard North and Willard North East have good protections from the SEasternly winds. Last June on our […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 16, 2008 | Category Baja 08
Four whales surfacing together as we cross to Isla Tiburon Tuesday. We sailed away from Bay of LA around 2 PM Monday opting to find a new anchorage down the coast rather than staying over night in the Bay of LA. No whale sharks in the area this stop and we’re anxious to explore new […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 14, 2008 | Category Baja 08
Yes, I remember Canal de Ballenas between Isla La Guarda and Baja. Last year we had big winds sailing north through the channel. This passage was just as exciting. Motorsailing down the coast, we had 8-10kts at our back. Without much warning winds jumped up to 25. Great, we can make better time sailing with […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 14, 2008 | Category Baja 08
Sunday Morning April 13 (morning services held with Turbo Ocho tunes, concluded with a rousing rendition of Manana) Back to Saturday and the 35kt winds… Crew went to shore for some exercise and to eat some blowing sand. Actually it was pleasant and we were able to stop by cabin 16 to visit with our […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 12, 2008 | Category Baja 08
12kt wind on our starboard steer from the north @ 8:30 allowing us to motor sail with dual head sail at 7.5kts. Wind at our back…Life is good.9:30: good progress with 62km to go and ETA of 6:30. Sunset in Willard is at 7:01. 12:00: 44km to go, wind at 13kts and building. Looks like […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 11, 2008 | Category Baja 08
It’s late Thursday night and Gato Loco has gone quiet as I write this. The alarm is set for 4 AM to give us a good start on the crossing to Willard Bay about 92 miles SW from Penasco on the Baja coast. It’s been very windy today and we should have good wind tomorrow. […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 9, 2008 | Category Baja 08
Let the Baja 08 Cruise begin….. It’s been a long birthday week in Cholla Bay with the libations flowing. Finally Monday Bill and I found time to get back to preparing Gato Loco for her 10 week Baja 08 cruise. Birthday week in Cholla involves celebrating 6 birthdays over 4 days and we’re both moving […]
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