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Gato Loco–Leg 5, “Fish On” 3rd Update

By Lowell | June 4, 2019 | Category Baja 2019

Sunday June 2nd we’re off to Santa Rosalia Departing Coyote Bay I have to thank Ed and Cindy for bring a cool little cactus on board to make us feel more at home. Dave napping looks like a […]

Gato Loco Leg 4–The Altfillisch leg – 2nd Update

By Lowell | May 30, 2019 | Category Baja 2019

Sunday May 26th After a beautiful sunset and peaceful evening western wind swells blew in on us overnight making for the most uncomfortable night of this sailing season. Luckily our crew was pretty tired still and was able to get some sleep. It’s one of those nights that you lay […]

Memorial Weekend in Penasco – Baja 2016 concludes

By Lowell | June 2, 2016 | Category Baja2016

Arriving home in Puerto Penasco on Saturday evening on Memorial weekend is very interesting. Sunset cruise boats are everywhere including the pirate ship Rey De Mar. The beaches behind the pirate ship are packed. The channel into the harbor is full of pangas pulling tourists inflatables and finally we back into our slip where there […]

Leg 6 – Gonzaga to Penasco

By Lowell | May 28, 2016 | Category Baja2016

Thursday afternoon May 26th Time for Big Blue…. Typical run from Puerto Refugio to Gonzaga Bay. Winds faded away as we sailed away from the Whale channel and moved to our stern mid afternoon. We haven’t flown the spinnaker yet this season and today we have the perfect conditions. In fact it’s been 2 years […]

Leg 6 to Penasco underway…

By Lowell | May 23, 2016 | Category Baja2016

Monday May 23rd 4:30 and the wind is toughing on the dock lines waking us up. We’re out of the Santa Rosalia harbor by 5 with 15 -20kt winds from the west. We are heading north to San Francisquito 73 miles north. Winds should be favorable but light and variable as the day goes on. […]

Leg 5–Santispac to Isla San Marcos

By Lowell | May 22, 2016 | Category Baja2016

Thursday May 19th Looks like most of the boat that left San Juanico are anchored here in Santispac. Winds heading south were perfect. Engines off as we leave Mulege and we sail almost to our Santispac anchor location before give up sailing. Water is clear and warmer. One of our goals is to clean the […]

Leg 5–Back in Mulege :)

By Lowell | May 20, 2016 | Category Baja2016

Wednesday May 18th Great winds as we arrive in Mulege. Long day beating to north winds and 3’ swells but as turn the corner and head into Mulege life if good. We’re going to make it in time to get safely anchored in the river and head to El Patron on the north shore for […]

Leg 5 – Vee-Cove to San Juanico

By Lowell | May 19, 2016 | Category Baja2016

Our San Juanico anchorage is full of boats as we arrive (15) Tuesday May 17th We’re heading to San Juanico today but first we troll the north east end of Isla Carmen with 2 poles out hoping to catch lunch. No luck on the fish but I did get a photo of the sea lions […]

Leg 5–Big winds to Vee Cove

By Lowell | May 18, 2016 | Category Baja2016

Monday May 16th Windy MUCH cooler night overnight in Loreto. Today we’re heading to Vee Cove on the north shore of Isla Carmen. Heading out we have 20kts wind at our back forcing us to steer to prevent an accidental jib. Vee Cove is only 15 miles NE so it’s going to be a short […]

Rally Days–San Juanico Dogs

By Lowell | May 12, 2016 | Category Baja2016

Tuesday May 10th <<Flying rays rock.. Today the Rally boats are headed to San Juanico 30 miles north after a cool restful night last night. Passing Loreto heading north Terry and I jump in the dinghy to fetch more ice (got to keep the crew cool). Near San Juanico the rays are very […]

Rally Days–San Juanico Dogs

By Lowell | May 12, 2016 | Category Baja2016

Baja Rally 2016, Back in Baja

By Lowell | May 9, 2016 | Category Baja2016

Sunday April 8th It feels good to be back in Baja. After attending the Kenny Chesney concert last night with 50,000+ fans, we made our way back to Puerto Escondido today by flying to San Diego where our friend Kurt picked us up and drove us to the Tijuana “Express Border Crossing” and joined […]

Fiesta time in Loreto

By Lowell | May 2, 2016 | Category Baja2016

Friday April 29th The San Juanico anchorage has all the boats facing north as we finish our shore duties at the cruiser tree. North winds are back up as we raise the main and shut motors down for another day of downwind sailing. Juanico is only 17 miles north of Loreto making another […]

Lovin these northerly breezes

By Lowell | April 30, 2016 | Category Baja2016

Thursday April 28th Punta Palpito >>> Awesome, the northeast winds we’ve had the past 2 days return on our way south from Mulege. Our first thoughts was to head for San Sebastian but by 10 AM we have engines off and sailing downwind at 7kts. Time to set our sites on an anchorage further […]

Blame it on Mulege

By Lowell | April 30, 2016 | Category Baja 07, Baja2016

Wednesday April 27th The photo left sets the stage for our day in Mulege. Perfect night in Chivato last night and we made the 7 mile leg into Mulege arriving mid morning with plenty on time to “Blame if on Mulege”. Hurricane Odile has been through Mulege since our last visit. The channel entrance […]

Chilled in Mulege

By Lowell | April 28, 2016 | Category Baja2016

Thursday April 28th Just a quick update to let everybody know we’ve got the frig running consistently. We seem to have the Danfoss compressor control board in a happy position after pulling it out for a detail inspection. Hopefully it holds for the remainder of this leg and we will bring a new one when […]

In Santa Rosalia with work to do

By Lowell | April 27, 2016 | Category Baja2016

Sunday April 24th – arriving Santa Rosalia Our last visit to Santa Rosalia was with Craig and Linda Lyons 2 years ago limping Gato Loco north with motor problems. We were able get a motor lower unit repaired with a little networking in the cruiser community. Today we’re coming in with our food frig […]

Kino Surfing on our way to Baja

By Lowell | April 24, 2016 | Category Baja2016

Saturday April 23 It’s funning how you notice things for the first time somewhere you’ve been many times. It always amazes me when we spotted this window rock (below right side of photo, click to enlarge) in the southern anchorage of Dog Bay. Last night after the bee incident we moved to the south side […]

Puerto Lobos before dark…

By Lowell | April 21, 2016 | Category Baja2016

Desemboque as we sail south Wednesday evening April 20th We’re still reeling from Bill’s quick departure this morning. We know it’s the best for him but he will be missed. We’re hopping to hear good news about his mother.. With his absence we’ve got plenty of provisions so we will eat hardy. Before he […]

Provisioning done, Just add wind

By Lowell | April 20, 2016 | Category Baja2016

The Gato Loco cruise begins today. Weather looks good for our departure except for the wind. We’re heading for Puerto Lobos on our first day out and it looks like the winds will be light and may be on our nose. Weather forecasts haven’t’ been correct all week and we hope we get SW […]