Peggy & Pat's Sailing Adventures
We had a downwind sail with wind 12 to 20 knots. Most of the time we were wing-on-wing. Really pleasant. There is something about sailing downwind that I really like. The motion of the swells slowly catching you, lifting the boat and then after a brief acceleration as you ‘surf’ down the wave, you settle gently into the trough and
We sailed from Isla San Francsico to San Evaristo, an easy sail of about 10 miles. The bay is well protected from winds from the south and west which is what we expect here this time of year. There is a little town and we wanted to go back to a restaurant we had been to a couple years earlier
We left Ensenada Grande early June 15 for a short trip to Embudo, also on Isla Partida. We anchored and dinghy’d over to Isla Islote to see the sea lion rookery where we’d been told we could swim with the sea lions. When we arrived we had a visit from the park rangers who very nicely explained that June through
On June 13 we took a short hop from Mezteno on Isla Espiritu Santu to Ensenada Grande on Isla Partida. It is a large, relatively open bay which means plenty of anchoring space but also less protection from the swell. The water was clear and warm, just like the weather. As it has been getting hotter, we find that we
Continue readingEnsenada Grande – getting hotter means more time in the water!
Just before leaving La Paz, our friends Doug & Anna on Karuna, told us about Mezteno, one of their favorite places. It is 22 miles from La Paz, on the northwestern part of Isla Espiritu Santu, just south of Caleta Partida. We left La Paz about noon to catch the outflowing tide and hoping for more wind in the afternoon.
Continue readingA New Favorite Place – Thankyou Doug & Anna!
We finally got our insurance updated and we are heading north tomorrow. Here is what happened:We have insurance that is good in the US from Point Conception (So Cal, US) to the Mexican border, and the “Pacific waters of Mexico,” down to Acupulco. But during ‘Hurricane Season’ (June 15 to October 15) we need to be north of 27 degrees
We left Los Muertos about 8am after a rolly night. No wind at all for the first few hours so we motored up the San Lorenzo Channel in very calm seas. Turning west to go through the channel between Isla Espiritu Santo and the La Paz peninsula, there was enough wind to motor sail with the jib adding a knot
We left the El Cid marina about 7am Sunday and headed west, across the Sea of Cortez. We motored with little wind until mid day when we had enough to put up the jib but still needed the motor. By mid afternoon we put up the main and there was enough wind that we put in one reef and killed
Continue readingCrossing the Sea Of Cortez – Mazatlan to Los Muertos
Getting out of La Cruz was a bit more difficult than we anticipated. When we pulled the anchor, we found that the chain and bridle were encrusted with barnacles and covered with a mossy sea weed. Luckily, about a month ago, we bought a power washer from Home Depot here in Mazatlan. That removed the mossy stuff and some of
Continue readingEnjoying the El Cid Resort Marina in Mazatlan
Tomorrow we leave La Cruz and beautiful Banderas Bay, heading north. Hurricane season is fast approaching and we need to be at 26 degrees north latitude before June 15 per our insurance. We will do an overnight, about 28 hours and 170 nautical miles, to Mazatlan. There we will rest a day and then cross the sea of Cortez, about