AGUA VERDE 3/20 Anchor up at 11:00AM heading to Agua Verde 15 miles. Puerto Gato y Toro was beautiful! Very glad for the experience. No wind HOT 89º in the galley. 13:50 still no wind. Almost to the dangerous Marcial rocks. Got a fish on trolling but it snapped the line! (dad, the smaller rod […]
Archive | March, 2013
Bahia Gato y Toro
3/18 Slept like a rock. New boat on anchor this morning “strider”. Dozen dolphins feeding along the steep shoreline. Dead calm glass. 9:00 Claire pulled up the anchor again! 10:00 sailing towards Bahia el Gato (puerto gato) light SSE wind. Gliding at 4 kts! Calm out. Got up to 5 kts wing and wing for […]
Isla San Francisco and Bahia San Everisto
3/14 Claire pulled the anchor up for her very first time at 7:20AM! Glass calm. Purple orange sunrise with reflections mirrored on the water. Light wind sail 21 miles to Isla San Francisco. 11:40AM 5 miles to go. Dropped sails calm. 14:15 Anchor up and leaving Isla San Francisco. We pulled in quick. Had a […]
Ensenada del Candelero on Isla Espiritu Santos
Espiritu Santos 3/12 calm night. “Sara M” gone this morning. Alan pushed his 54’ vessel out of the bay with his dinghy! Solo sailors are a different breed. We are getting ready to leave for one of the islands, depends on how nice it is out there. Anchor up at 10:30AM. Not much wind. Motor […]
El Merito and Caleta Lobos
3/6 6:30AM had block ice delivered to the boat. Local fishermen that we met at the Palapa in Pichilingue offered to drop off 2 big blocks of ice on their way out in the morning. Probably 30lbs! We washed all the sand off the boat, pulled the anchor up at 15:00 and headed 4 miles to […]
Leaving La Paz heading to Playa Pichilingue Cove
La Paz and Playa Pichilingue Cove 2/21 We thought we’d stay productive so we hung protective nets on the galley shelf, top of the closet shelf, and on the port side of the v-berth. No netting wasn’t that big of a deal with all our down-wind sailing, until we started beating back up the Sea […]