Now I know what Gilligan went thru!!

Had one nasty day going thru the channel from Puerto Refugio to Bay of LA. 45mph winds!!! Next year Lowell you can do this leg!! Lost a chair and the the trash can so could you bring down one of each when you head to San Carlos. Clyde says grab the chair from Brian’s house.

Didn’t have enough time to finish yesterdays blog and to pooped to do today’s. Boat got a good washing. I will try to get blog out tomorrow.

Until the next update Bill
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Lowell here (in Phx)… The update above came through on Clyde’s phone.. They had a tough sail yesterday. Based on weather on the web I think they were fighting winds coming up the channel which would make it a long beat tacking into Bay of LA. No word about crew members and Sting Reay so I interpret that as all is well. Still no photos of Sting Reay so here’s photos of Craig and John on a recent sail to Catalina Is….

Mike Clark just sent me photos of the Saturday night departure from Puerto Penasco.

Readying for departure (Bill, Cynthia, Bruce & Clyde)

Gato Loco and Sting Reay head out. Photo taken by Mike from El Capitain with Sandy Beach and Cholla in the background.

Weather is forecasted to improve and current wind indications are under 10kts. We will hopefully see how crews decide to cross back to the Sonoran coast in their coming updates.

Until the next Update

Leg 1 crusin ground

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Leg 1 April 11-19, Crew: Bill, Bruce & Cynthia Tegge, Clyde Betts sail from Puerto Penasco to San Carlos
Leg 2 April 19-26, Crew: Lowell, Frankie, Neely, Bill, Victor & Leslie Rangel. San Carlos to Loreto. Santa Rosilia, Mulege and visit new friends (overnight anchorage) in Bahia San Marcos
Leg 3 April 26-3, Crew:Bill, Lowell, Frankie, Neely, Kerry Fahey (AU). Seawind Rally to Loreto Fest. Sail from Loreto heading south to meet Seawinds coming from Cabo, maybe meet 2 days south. Kurt will be sailing north from Cabo with California Seawind owners.
Leg 4 May 3-10, Crew:Bill, Frankie ,Lowell, Neely, Bob & Chris Sanders, Kerry Fahey (AU). Sail the Loreto area …. Steve and Cindy will also be in the Loreto area this week.
Leg 5 May 10-17, Crew:Bill, Lisa Wendt, Sally Dalton, Marilyn Haney. Frankie, Neely and I head back to San Carlos flying or by Ferry.
Leg 6 – May 17-24, Crew: Rick Quant & Crew sailing in the Loreto area.
Leg 7 – May 24-31, Crew: Bill, Mike Clark, Liane Guathier, Mike & Gill Panasewicz sail back to San Carlos
Leg 8 – May 31-?, Crew: Bill & his family sail San Carlos back to Puerto Penasco