– Claire Insley Holmes
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 […]
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 […]
BACK IN LORETO 4/6 Mom to bus station by 11:30. Shuttle van ride 6 hours back to La Paz for her Sunday flight. Claire and I went out for cocktails and internet. Weather check. Looks like a blow Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Another rant on the Puerto Escondido/Loreto radio-Net. Claire and I having little weather knowledge […]
CALETA SAN JUANICO 4/3 Anchor up at 9:45 to finish our heading of 6 miles north to Caleta San Juanico, our original destination days before. Calm wind on the nose and rolling smooth swell. Halfway there saw wind forming on the horizon. Nasty swell and gusty wind again. Very very annoying. Forecast is never correct. […]
PUNTA MANGLES 4/1 Anchor up at 11:00 planned to sail 25 miles north to Caleta San Juanico. Passing Isla Coronado on it’s NE side the swell and wind began to increase. We dropped the mainsail. Continued to increase. Short period big swell and gusts over 25 knots, right on the nose. Mom inside. Claire and […]
PUERTO BALANDRA ISLA CARMEN 3/31 Woke up early and started cleaning the boat. Claire and Mom went to the Farmer’s market for provisions. 11:30-14:30 smooth sail 9 miles. Breezy in the anchorage. 4 other boats here. Fished and explored the lagoon, bay, and reefs. Super clear with tons of sea life. Phosphorescence in the water […]
LORETO 3/26 Anchor up 9:30 heading 10 miles to Loreto for groceries. Hot and calm out. Anchor down at 13:30. Way too hot out and no wind all day. LORETO, “the fountainhead for all Spanish development that took place on the Pacific coast of the United States. After the 1697 Jesuit landing, Loreto became the […]
PUERTO ESCONDIDO 3/23 14:30 tied to the fuel dock in Puerto Escondido. Our Swiss friends are here! But they were on their way out, 3 miles across the channel to a more secluded anchorage. After topping off on water, Claire and I left ‘Splendid Isolation’ and Piña at the fuel dock and went to the […]
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 […]
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 […]
