By Lowell | April 29, 2011 | Category Baja 2011
Mulege River Channel… 7:45 AM and the last panga that motored by finally woke us up. We were up just before sunrise when winds cracked up a bit and the anchor bridle needed a little adjustment to quiet it down. I guess we both fell asleep hard, over sleeping for the morning ham weather report. […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 27, 2011 | Category Baja 2011
Our first steps on a dock since leaving Puerto Penasco 6 days ago. We’re swaying… Our 2nd day drama free (now don’t get bored on us now) went as expected. Our 5AM alarm allowed us to make Santa Rosalia by 6PM even losing an hour from sailing into Baja Sur (south) which is on […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 26, 2011 | Category Baja 2011
Monday… Today’s destination is a great anchorage Bahia San Francisquito with lots of options about 42 miles south, another easy day heading south. This positions us for the leg to Santa Rosalia tomorrow, the last of our long legs (72 miles). About an hour out north winds at 14kts came up giving us a […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 26, 2011 | Category Baja 2011
Telling Steve about our adventures sailing through Canal de Ballenas (Channel of the Whales) only heighten his vigilance because he’s been there himself before a few times. What will this passage bring? Wind is light so we decided to leave sails down as we approached the wind slot with blue water indicating wind. The […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 24, 2011 | Category Baja 2011
Baja2011 cruise is very young and so far our truck broke down and we were grounded in Puerto Lobos… What’s next? Puerto Lobos light house stands tall and well maintained>> After our Lobos update I’m not sure we can match the drama on any future updates.. Or can we.. Read on… Anchor up around 7 […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 24, 2011 | Category Baja 2011
Let me begin this story by saying there was a debate among crew and extended crew (the Calvary) on whether I would share this adventure on the blog because of the slightly embarrassing situation we found our selves in.. Now does that get your interest up for reading this update? The sail (actually motor […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 21, 2011 | Category Baja 2011
Can you believe it! Our cruise start “the drive to Penaoco” didn’t go quite as well as expected. Our truck “diesel” was in the hospital recently and was given a clean bill of health. We headed for Penasco and only made it a few miles after picking up Leg 1 crew Steve at […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 15, 2011 | Category Baja 2011
Our cruise starts next Thursday. Weather forecasts for that window are good at the moment. This time of year we have weather system after system fly out of the northwest at us. A weak system arrives next Mon/Tue which should give us a excellent chance to escape south before another one arrives. As it […]
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