Sunday April 28th We’re glad to have the Whale Channel passage behind us. No drama this time only currents pushing against us slowing progress. Even with the tide not helping we made it in and anchor down at 2. The plan is grab 15 gallons of fuel to give us margin to get to Santa […]
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The weather window we hoped for, opened early and we were able to push off from the Penasco dock at 5:30, earlier than we planed. Winds were light at 8 to 10 knots out of the north west a good direction to sail through 8’ slow easy wave at 10 seconds. Temps overnight were cool […]
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As you might expect we’re watching weather very closely. The first Baja weather photo above shows our morning departure with wind on our steer and as the day goes on dissipates and seas flatten (photo below). This is a much better scenario than last Wednesday. We won’t arrive in our Puerto Refugio anchorage until well […]
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Sailing out of the Penasco harbor at 5:30 yesterday morning we experienced strong winds and high seas. After 2 hour and deteriorating conditions we aborted and returned to Penasco. We’ll wait for a better weather window Friday or Saturday. Watch the video Until the next update Send article as PDF
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The April 24th departure date is coming up fast. Frankie and I were in Penasco working the final details for readying Gato Loco for the cruise. The checklist grew to over 15 items but over the week we managed to get things done. I have to thank Frankie, Ed and Marcia for their help. Gato […]
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