Archive | May, 2013

Guaymas and San Carlos

4/24 Got up with Ben from “IriExpress” on the radio. Anchor up in Bacochibampo around 9:30AM. Great sail, AGAIN, into Guaymas. Got a slip at the Fonatur government run marina around 13:00. Saw some old friends there. Ben met up and led us through the channel. His car was at the Guaymas boatyard. After a […]

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Bacochibampo

4/23 Relaxed at the hotel (for free of course) we had quite a few options for anchorages after sailing across the sea. we decided on bacochibampo because it was a big, wide-open bay that would be easy to pull into at sunset. We got the anchor down ASAP and rowed to shore for a celebratory […]

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Crossing the Sea of Cortez!

4/21 Awesome 6 kt beam reach. 15 kt east wind blowing. Anchor up at 10AM in coyote bay and down at 16:30 off the hotel at Punta Chivato. Talked to a few boats on the radio that were night crossing, and others that had already crossed. Thats good reception! 4/22 We woke up at 2:00AM […]

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Coyote Bay – Posada Concepcion

4/17 Been hanging out with Bob and Sergio in Posada. Very informative. Saw Saturn last night for the first time with naked eye in a telescope. Fascinating. Got a picture through the scope! Hard NW wind today and supposedly tomorrow. We’re waiting to cross the Sea but it’s hard to time the weather and harder […]

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Drive into Mulegé

It’s hard to keep all the photos into chronological order. This is a separate post of our adventure into Mulegé. We left the boat anchored in Coyote Bay and drove into town a few times. 4/16 Mulegé for supplies and tour with BOB LINKS to read:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulegé http://www.mulege.net/ entrance to concepcion looking north across, east […]

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Mulegé and Punta el Sombrerito

SOMBRERITO 4/12 Finally no more hard WNW wind. Anchor up at 10AM a little late. Leaving San Juanico. Plan is to sail as far north as we can get to Coyote. ESE winds. 2 ft swell. Most of the day. Best beam reach of our trip. Holding 6.5 kts sometimes 7! Pulled into view of […]

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San Juanico Cove and Northbound

BACK IN SAN JUANICO 4/8 Still gusting from the West. This is rare. We have only seen north and south majority in the wind the past 6 months. Comfy swing back and forth with no swell because it is offshore wind. One other boat in here. They are in the ‘better’ spot to anchor. But […]

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