By Lowell | May 25, 2013 | Category Baja 2013
Tres & Mike’s turn at blog. Too much FUN to put into words (and we are both LAZY) … ENJOY the pictures! We want to thank the owners of Gato Loco and our wonderful Captain Bill for giving us this opportunity of a LIFETIME! Send article as PDF
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 23, 2013 | Category Baja 2013
Our Leg began with celebrating Tres’s birthday on our way to San Carlos. Spent the evening at the Soggy Pesa and Charlie Rocks. Early flight to Loreto and pure excitement when we saw Gato Loco waiting for us off shore. Mike has got our week of the Booze […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 18, 2013 | Category Baja 2013
Bill & Carol have a crew change today in Loreto as Jane & Randy and Peggy & Jerry depart Gato Loco’s leg 3. The new leg 4 crew sailing to Santa Rosalia over the next week is, Mike & Liane and Tres & Ruthanne. Good luck and happy sailing. Hope you find this pod […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 18, 2013 | Category Baja 2013
Good Morning from Puerto Escondido! We say goodbye to Jerry and Peggy today. This trip has been amazing. Our Captain couldn’t have done a better job getting us through all the anchorages. Bill has been entertaining this trip. He battled with killer bees. He was out of control with the […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 14, 2013 | Category Baja 2013
Welcome to the 3rd leg of the GATO LOCO. We said goodbye to Frankie and Lowell at Sophia’s Restaurant. Light breeze motor sailing takes us to Coronado and San Juanico for a fun night of wine and dancing. Here we left our gift for safe travel for all sailors. Our gift was an empty […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 14, 2013 | Category Baja 2013
Welcome to the 3rd leg of the GATO LOCO. We said goodbye to Frankie and Lowell at Sophia’s Restaurant. Light breeze motor sailing takes us to Coronado and San Juanico for a fun night of wine and dancing. Here we left our gift for safe travel for all sailors. Our gift was an empty […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 13, 2013 | Category Baja 2013
Thursday, May 9th – San Marte After a nice Rally breakfast we hauled anchor and motored out the the reefs in front of the San Marte anchorage for some snorkeling. They present a serious hazard to boats since they are just awash below the surface and have been hit by may boats. Today the water […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 11, 2013 | Category Baja 2013
Wednesday, May 8th Bahia Salinas Yep, It snowed in Baja. The crazy cats visited the salt mine yet again. Dave and Ellen had never seen anything like this inland salt lake covered with salt. The old salt mine, now a hunting camp, is holding it’s own under the heavy saline conditions. Almost all the old […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 9, 2013 | Category Baja 2013
Monday, May 6th, Happy Hour in Puerta Ballandra There’s now 7 boats with us on the Rally, MoonDrifter, Gato Loco, Peir a Mer, Bon Temps, Dream Catcher, Out of Here & Mariah make up the Rally fleet. The 60’ trawler “Out of Here”, our Rally Mothership, is hosting tonight’s sunset happy hour. It’s a beautiful […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 7, 2013 | Category Baja 2013
Sunday, May 5th Full rally crew is on Gato Loco after picking up Frankie, Bill & Carol flying in from San Carlos. Dave and Ellen arrived last night. Frankie has another “only in Mexico” story. She arrived at the San Carlos airport and found her ticket had been cancelled. The flight was full so there […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 6, 2013 | Category Baja 2013
Thursday, May 2nd Windy day blows us to Puerto Escondido sail only, A perfect way to finish our 11 day sail from Penasco. Another leg completed successfully. Singlar marinas seem to be in trouble. No gas on the dock here in Escondido either. Filled with water we headed to the restaurant to meet friends. Craig […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 4, 2013 | Category Baja 2013
Sorry about the delay on sending updates. Things got a bit busy once we arrived at Puerto Escondido & Loreto Fest. More on that in the next Update. Tuesday, April 30 Anchored in the north anchorage at Isla Coronados with MoodDrifter, Maria & Pacific High, boat friends from Phoenix. Our departure from San Sebastian was […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 1, 2013 | Category Baja 2013
Sunday, April 28th It was over 100 in Phoenix today and Mulege is 92 when we arrive which feels pretty warm. We’ve motored and sailed out of Conception Bay arriving in the Mulege channel 2ish. Everybody on board is a little sluggish after our rough Saturday night. Our Mulege Sunday afternoon visit will be slow […]
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