By Lowell | March 24, 2022 | Category Baja 2022
Let’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 […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | February 6, 2019 | Category Baja 2019
Our 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 MoreBy Lowell | December 22, 2018 | Category Baja 2018
We posted this video on our Facebook Gato Loco Sailing adventures and it was viewed by thousands. We know some of our followers aren’t on Facebook so we’re posting the video here on our blog for everyone to see. Day sailing mid November with a fresh breeze and Cholla Bay neighbors on board, we were […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | January 29, 2016 | Category Baja2016
Setting on our Cholla Bay patio watching the sunset only makes the urge to go sailing south even stronger. It’s been a dry spell for sailing with many things going on in our lives. Plans for the 2016 sailing season are beginning to come together. Last year we re-powered Gato Loco and only mustered a […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 16, 2015 | Category Baja 2015
May 16 as the cruise starts Easy crossing start with light winds from the north. Frankie and I try out the new selfie stick and below we enjoy our first parfait of the cruise. This is just an introduction to what Lynnie and Jeffrey have in store for meal plans. Below […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 16, 2015 | Category Baja 2015
May 16th Very windy yesterday. Forecasts reassured us that things would calm down for our morning departure. We finished provisioning then headed to Satisfied Frog for dinner with wind still gusting. To our surprise it started raining during dinner and winds went flat after the rain. Brad and Kim joined […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | May 14, 2015 | Category Baja 2015
How many times has our cruises started with weather drama. You all are aware of the crazy weather that has been happening lately. We were just at our Prescott cabin last weekend with snow. It’s Thursday morning and we’ve arrived in Penasco (Cholla Bay) to begin the final prep for the cruise. Winds are gusting […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | March 11, 2015 | Category Baja 2015
Gato Loco friends have been wondering about the 2015 sailing season. Normally plans would have been finalized by this time. In some of the final updates last season we reported lots of engine problems. We’ve got them all stabilized and they are running great BUT we’ve decided to install new engines to set our minds […]
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