Peggy & Pat's Sailing Adventures
July 31 we sailed 38nm up the coast from Santo Domingo to Santa Rosalia. On the way we had a problem with our mainsail. When furling, I think I had the boom up too high in back which made the sail roll up creep aft. We also had too much tension on the luff of the sail (still trying to
Continue readingSanta Rosalia – a French mining town in Baja?!
July 27 we sailed most of the way from Punta Pulpito to Santo Domingo (38nm) which is a wide cove at the entrance to Bahia Concepcion. We motored the final bit after the wind died. The bay does get some swell from the north but with winds mostly coming from the east and south, it had decent protection. The bay
We intended to go to Bahia Mangles but when we got there it did not look like a great anchorage for the weather we were expecting so we kept going to San Juanico, only 8 nautical miles further. We found a secluded cove that we had all to ourselves. That night we turned on the stern floodlights and hundreds of
Yesterday, July 23, we left Puerto Escondido in the morning (after a 90 minute wait at the fuel doc – they were doing the annual ‘pump calibration’) and motored to Loreto, 14 miles north. We anchored off the town in an area that has good holding (nice sand bottom for the anchor to dig in) but exposed to wind and
Continue readingPuerto Escondido to Loreto to Isla Coronados
Today, July 24, we got up and hit the trail before it got too hot. A quick dinghy ride to the beach over clear water. The beach is great and it gets lot of tourists from Loreto, only 6 miles away. But it is kept really clean and not overwhelmed by the crowds. The trail starts off as a raised
Monday morning (7/19) we left Puerto Escondido and motored 4 miles to Honeymoon Cove on Isla Danzante. The cove is pretty and has several lobes. We went snorkeling several times. Because we love snorkeling. And because it was really hot. And to avoid the bees. The hole above was about 3/4 inch in diameter. Once I did see something poke
On June 29 Peggy and I flew home to San Diego to see friends and family and pickup equipment. We spent July 3 – 6 in the Bay area visiting my son Bryan and Peggy’s Aunt Pat and Uncle Frank and her cousins. We also went to a 4th of July party with my Berkeley friends. And then back to
Continue readingA trip home and then back to Puerto Escondido
In the morning of June 25 we motored about 2 miles to Candeleros Chico (Little Candlesticks). It is a very small and well protected bay with room for one boat. Just as we arrived, a boat was leaving – perfect timing! The bay is well known for great snorkeling so we spent lots of time in the clear warm water
Continue readingCandeleros Chico – a new place on our ‘favorites list’
Leaving about 8:30am June 23, we motored about 4 hours to Bahia Candeleros (Candlesticks), named for three islands near the entrance to the bay. It is a wide bay with a high end resort, Villa de Palmar, at one end. After dropping anchor I was concentrating on some splicing and Peggy noticed that a nearby boat had used their air
We left San Evaristo at about noon for a 4 hour sail to Bahia Los Gatos. The winds were initially very light so we motor-sailed. Then they picked up a bit and we sailed ‘wing-on-wing’ with the main on the port side and the jib out on the starboard side. A very nice downwind sail. Near the end the wind