By Lowell | April 30, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Thursday April 28th Sunset my ass!! We use an average boat speed of 6kts when we figure an arrival time which puts us arriving 6:30ish for the 76NM passage. We cross into Baja Sur just before Santa Rosalia putting us on mountain time making it 7:30 basically a sunset arrival. Chris and I are up […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 28, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Wednesday May27th Big plans today. We’re heading down to Isla Salsipuedes to hike the island have lunch and then further down to our over night anchorage at San Francisquito. Chris and I are up at 5:30 to haul anchor and get an early start on the day. Heading south down the lower Whale channel the […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 27, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Tuesday May 26th Crew up early in Refugio for the 46 mile run into Bay of LA. No morning coffee with our propane problem. Another quite cool night. We’re sleeping under blankets. Looking south down Whale towards Bay of LA winds look light. We pass a 2 masked schooner as we carefully pass the exposed […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 26, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Monday May 25th The Gato crew appreciated a comfortable cool night to decompress from the stress preparing, provisioning and launching the cruise. THe leg to Puerto Refugio is 57 miles an easier day so it was a no alarm morning and we made way at 7:15 with north winds at 10. The Lobos area is […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 24, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Disclaimer I’ve had a good happy hour before writing this blog. The decision to sail toward Puerto Lobo turned out to be a great plan. After getting a later departure out of Penasco winds did us a big favor pushing us into Puerto Lobos. As I reported in the last blog winds started in in […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 24, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Yes Our departure finds Arizona with weather creating strong winds. There’s Arizona forest fires being fueled by strong winds. One fire is only 10 miles from our Prescott cabin and the other is in Flagstaff and burned through Dave’s neighborhood. We’ll be keeping a close eye on progress to control the fires and a huge […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | April 13, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
The 2019 beach party on Isla Coronado was a fun time as you can tell from the group photo near sunset. This years Rally looks to be another fun sailing reunion of friends. Below photo, the Rally anchored in San Juanico on Baja 20 miles north of Loreto. We’ve been busy organizing the crews for […]
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