{"id":833,"date":"2008-04-11T06:39:27","date_gmt":"2008-04-11T11:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gatolocosailing.com\/blog\/?p=833"},"modified":"2008-04-11T06:39:27","modified_gmt":"2008-04-11T11:39:27","slug":"first-leg-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gatolocosailing.com\/blog\/?p=833","title":{"rendered":"First leg begins…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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It’s late Thursday night and Gato Loco has gone quiet as I write this. The alarm is set for 4 AM to give us a good start on the crossing to Willard Bay about 92 miles SW from Penasco on the Baja coast. It’s been very windy today and we should have good wind tomorrow. Wind has laid down in the past hour which hopefully will allow the seas to settle over night.<\/p>\n

Provisioning done and crew has gone giddy…..
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\nLast minute bottom cleaning creates an interesting night glow under Gato Loco. When we arrived at the boat late today the bottom had not been cleaned yet. Augustine worked until 11PM getting it clean for us. A big thanks to him… We will probably arrive in Baja an hour earlier with a fresh bottom.<\/p>\n

More news in the morning at 4AM …yikes…. Good night.<\/p>\n

4AM : Good Morning, I think! Quick report. Winds light, seas flat, motoring at heading of 200 and 95km to go. It’s going to be a long day. No moon so we see lots of lights on shore. Not much to report except we’re underway. Baja08 has officially started.<\/p>\n

The Gato Loco Crew – Dave, Dave & Lowell<\/p>\n

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Leg 1<\/strong> April 11-19, Crew: Lowell, Bill, Dave – Puerto Penasco to San Carlos
\nLeg 2<\/strong> April 29-4, Crew: Bill (looking for crew members) – San Carlos to Puerto Escondido
\nLeg 3<\/strong> May 4-11, Lowell, Frankie, Bill, Richard & Kerry (from Australia) in the Loreto area..
\nLeg 4<\/strong> May 11-17, Crew: Frankie ,Lowell , Bob & Chris Sanders & Kerry (sailing with us for extra week) (to La Paz)
\nLeg 5<\/strong> May 17-24, Crew: Bill & Carlton
\nLeg 6<\/strong> – May 24-31, Rick and family in the Loreto area.
\nLeg 7<\/strong> – May 31-7, Crew: Bill, Brian, Heather, Roger, Alisa & Carl. Puerto Escondido to San Carlos
\nLeg 8<\/strong> – June 13-22, Crew: Lowell -San Carlos to Puerto Penasco<\/p>\n

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As usual we should be sending updates from Gato Loco and Pee Wee as we see Baja by land and by Sea.<\/p>\n

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