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 MoreLet’s go sailing. It’s been TOO LONG. The last blog about upcoming cruises was “Sailing into a new decade” published in February 2020. Covid put sailing out of reach giving us a 2 year break. The good news we’re going to break out of our home port of Penasco to go hangout with friends out […]
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Thursday June 6th Gato Loco is making the final journey home to Penasco today. We started our journey from Puerto Refugio on Angle Island 105 miles due south of Penasco. We had an awesome total darkness start with stars aglow. Winds have been building since sunrise. Our first 4 hours we covered 31 miles sail […]
Read MoreMonday May 13th Mulege river channel Today we sailed up from Conception Bay with NE winds forcing us to tack our way out of Conception. The moon cycle is near half so we motor into the river channel over the shoal with 6’ under our keels. We see 2 other boats in the channel, a […]
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Sunday May 12thHappy Mothers Day from the Sea of Cortez from the Gato Loco crew 🙂We’re currently anchored at Punta Chivato 15 miles south of Santa Rosalia and just 10 miles north for Mulege. The Motley crew is thinking of all our mothers this morning and hoping you have a wonderful day.I’ll get caught up […]
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Friday May 10 We’re 10 miles out of Santa Rosalia expecting to arrive 6ish. Leg 1 crew made it back to Phoenix yesterday and the new crew settled in with provision done for a short sail to the Soggy Peso last night for dinner. The new scurvy crew are Rick, Chris and Todd. Winds blew […]
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Wednesday May 8th Yesterday was our second crossing of the Sea of Cortez from Bahia San Francisquito on the Baja side to the mainland Sonora coast to a small anchorage call Jullio VIllo. Our morning started with a very special treat of a small pod of Orca killer whales. There were two adults caring for […]
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Good morning from Gato Loco. We’re sending this satellite update as we sail south from our overnight anchorage on Isla Salsipuedes. The photo taken at sunset last night shows a nice calm anchorage HOWEVER contrary to all the weather reports northwest winds developed and made our night on the hook a bit lumpy. We arrive […]
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This is a satellite transmitted update 7AM Very early morning (3:30 yikes) to insure we can make the crossing to Baja today arriving before full darkness. Winds seemed light sleeping on Gato Loco overnight in the marina. Motoring out for the harbor into darkness we were met with lumpy seas. The wind has been blowing […]
Read MoreGato Loco anchored in the river channel in Mulege Baja Here’s a preview of this season of sailing with episodes from last season. In episode 6 Gato Loco sails into Conception Bay, anchors in the Mulege river channel visiting this Baja river town before pointing the bows south towards Loreto. Both pilot whales and dolphin […]
Read MoreOur next update will have details on the 2019 cruise schedule. While we’re getting plans organized here’s another episode of our 2018 season video series. In episode 3 Gato Loco sails from Puerto Refugio on the north end of Isla Angel de la Guardia (Guardian Angel island), anchoring on Isla Tiburon (Shark island) and on […]
Read MoreSan Juanico Baja Baja here we come! Late January and it’s time to begin planning for our 2019 Baja cruise. Everything is a bit sketchy at the moment but we’re beginning to make some plans. Details soon. Take the cruise with us Puerto Penasco to San Carlos last year. The cruise is documented […]
Read MoreJanuary 14 January Jam music weekend is in full force with lots of our friends in town. We hope to get out sailing while our friends are here. We hauled Gato Loco over a week ago and the Cabrales boat yard has her ready to splash back into service. They’ve done an awesome job as […]
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