By Lowell | June 27, 2008 | Category Baja 08
Leg 8 – San Carlos to Puerto Penasco, Crew – Lowell, Sally, Suzanne and Lew (June 13 – 21) June 13: Leg 8 – Team Cholla Bay on the final Leg 17: Heading North from San Carlos 17: Big Winds on Isla Tiburon & On to Bay of LA 19: Anchored In Puerto Refugio.. 20: […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | June 22, 2008 | Category Baja 08
Gato Loco Leg 8 crew back in Puerto Penasco (Sat June 21st) It’s near 4 AM and I hear Lew on the foredeck. Poking my head out of my cabin hatch, he’s showing some concern about the fact we are now closer to the power boat that anchored off the launch ramp late last night. […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | June 20, 2008 | Category Baja 08
Wednesday… Winds blowing up the channel from Bay of LA gave us a good ride as usual in the morning. By mid day light easterlies prevailed making for a down wind motor sail towards Bahia Willard. . These small whales (maybe pilot whales) were heading south. They had no interest in the boat so we […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | June 19, 2008 | Category Baja 08
Wednesday June 18thJust after noon, we’re mid way up Canal de Ballenas on our way from Bay of LA to Puerto Refugio and the excitement on the boat is at a fever pitch. A huge pod of dolphins are putting on a great show. There are hundreds racing south down the channel and we tacked […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | June 17, 2008 | Category Baja 08
Monday June 16th With the main sail hoisted on the 3rd reef and no head sail Gato Loco eases out of our well protected anchorage just north of Punta Willard on the SW end of Isla Tiburon. Winds were blowing during the night but had stopped this morning. The crew went ashore for some exercise […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | June 17, 2008 | Category Baja 08
Lew, Lowell, Sally & Suzanne (Team Cholla Bay) Let this bus ride be over… I’ve been talking by phone with the crew, they arrived a couple hours earlier and have finished shopping at Mercado Super Ley. They’re waiting for me to grab a cab from the bus station and pick them up. The bus ride […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | June 13, 2008 | Category Baja 08
It was last October when this Baja 08 eight leg cruise “By Land and By Sea” began to take shape. Now the cruise is nearly over… But wait maybe we saved the best for last??? It’s hard to believe we’re now down to the final leg of Baja 08. Making plans we were very careful […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | June 9, 2008 | Category Baja 08
Happy Birthday Xochitl’s!!!! We love you Sally and are wishing we were all there helping you celebrate 15 years of business! With the alarm going off for us to weigh anchor at 3AM, we were blessed by the wind gods and after motoring out of Mulege, we shut off the motors and are sailing!!!! And […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | June 8, 2008 | Category Baja 08
We woke early to the sound of Bill weighing anchor and the murmur of the motes. The wind is light and the sea glassy. We motor to the center of Bay of Concepcion and head towards Mulege. As we glide through the blue, we spot 2 tips slicing through the water in front of us. […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | June 8, 2008 | Category Baja 08
Our anchorage last night was quiet and peaceful. We woke to a light breeze and of course, sunshine. We lounged on the boat for a few hours, spied an island, rock and shore and headed off to our first snorkel adventure of the day. Bill eased Gato Loco into a perfect little spot next to […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | June 8, 2008 | Category Baja 08
San Sebastian Cove was good to us all night. We pulled anchor by 8:00, cleared the reef and headed Norte. We have a long leg ahead of us today of around 8 hours. It could be shorter if the winds pipe up from a favorable direction. We are hoping for South winds in the 10 […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | June 6, 2008 | Category Baja 08
Life is good on Baja as Neely and I enjoy a sunset on Conception Bay. Driving north from Loreto it didn’t take us long on stop at playa El Requeson at the south end of Conception with a sand spit creating both a east and west beach. We set up camp mid-day on Sunday and […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | June 4, 2008 | Category Baja 08
Hurray!! Alisa has arrived!! After being delayed on the Phoenix to Hermosillo flight and experiencing another delay in Hermosillo, they lifted off for Loreto only to find the airport was closed. Well, off to La Paz! Anyway, after another delay in La Paz, Alisa is on the boat. We pulled anchor around 1:00 and by […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | June 2, 2008 | Category Baja 08
Mike, Heather, and Brian arose early Thursday morning in Cholla Bay and headed south to San Carlos at 5:30 AM. We arrived in San Carlos around 12:30, found our funky and colorful hotel . It didn’t take us long to make our way over to the Soggy Peso on Catch 22 beach for margaritas and […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | June 1, 2008 | Category Baja 08
Bill, Frankie, Neely and I headed north from La Ventana Friday morning for Loreto, a 400Km drive. It’s been a nice 2 day stay on the beach. Wind has blown like clockwork every afternoon making it very pleasant and entertaining watching the kite boarders. La Ventana impressed us enough to spend time with a real […]
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