By Lowell | May 27, 2012 | Category Baja 2012
Tuesday May 29th, 4:30 AM my alarm goes off with Frankie and Neely in our Phoenix house. Today is a travel day to Gato Loco, flying to LAX and then on to Loreto. It’s amazing how busy the Phoenix airport is at 5:30 AM.. Our leg back to Penasco has Rick and Paul […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 20, 2012 | Category Baja 2012
A week off the water and I finally found time to sort through photos from the Rally. There’s lots of fun photos. Here’s an oncore. Oh yes, we’ve made plans to bring Gato Loco home for the Peacemaker concert weekend. Tuesday May 29th, the day after memorial weekend, Paul Littley, Rick Quant and I fly […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 12, 2012 | Category Baja 2012
Thursday May 10th.. Gato Loco limps out of Bahia Salinas with no wind and only a single engine. We only have 12 miles, so as I said, No worries.. Steve & Pam are joining us motoring north. This area of Isla Carmen is where all the fishermen come so Steve has 4 lines in the […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 11, 2012 | Category Baja 2012
Wednesday, May 9th Exiting San Juanico with Bahia Salinas as our next anchorage 40 miles to the SE. Ham net is forecasting NE winds which would be perfect BUT unfortunately it never materialized. Kat Kan Do opted out on the long leg heading to Puerto Ballandra across from Loreto. MoonDrifter, Barramundi and Gato Loco motored […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 9, 2012 | Category Baja 2012
Seawind Rally in North anchorage Isla Coronados Tuesday May 8th.. Okay the gang is serious about walking to the top of Coronados. Unlike Doug and I’s last visit, we found the trail leading us to the top. The excursion started with 5 and slowly dwindled to 3. I was the 3rd to drop as I […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 7, 2012 | Category Baja 2012
Sunday May 6th The new Gato Loco crew has arrived. Oh boy.. I got a ride to the airport with a Canadian sailor living on his boat here in Puerto Escondido for the past 3 years. Arriving a little late I found them at the airport bar drinking bloody marys. No stress there. Their […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 6, 2012 | Category Baja 2012
Thursday May 3rd … Isla Coronados north anchorage…. 10 kt north wind blew into the anchorage last night forcing us to use a blanket in the early morning. There’s maybe 10 boats in the anchorage with us overnight. As we begin to make plans boats start pulling anchorage and heading south, presumably to Loreto Fest. […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 2, 2012 | Category Baja 2012
Tuesday May 1 7 AM Quiet night in the Mulege channel except for a 1 AM fishing boat arriving and stowing their nets and washing out their boat just 10’ from us. I hear the inbound motor shut down just outside my cabin. The Mulege channel is deep this year.. We […]
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