Peggy & Pat's Sailing Adventures
After a beautiful overnight sail from Mazatlan, we dropped anchor at Isla Isabel just after sunrise Feb6. There was only one other boat in the anchorage at that time (our friends, Eric & Kimberly on Gladiator), which is good, because it is a small anchorage. After breakfast, we inflated our new kayaks and headed for the beach. Fishermen have working
Friday morning we will be leaving Mazatlan and heading to Isla Santa Isabela. It looks like about a 20 to 22 hour trip with some decent wind for sailing Friday afternoon and maybe into the evening. The wind will probably die down in the evening so we expect to motor most of the night. We should arrive at Isabela after
We flew back from San Diego to Mazatlan this morning. We were pleased with how easy it was to bring the kayaks in as checked baggage. We are currently in the El Cid Resort / Marina, which is really nice. Swimming pools, jacuzzis, restaurants and bars. It is also a good safe place to leave your boat. In a few
We are back in SD for Covid shots. Peggy got her second and I got my first (there are some advantages to hitting the 65 yr milestone!). We fly back to Mazatlan Feb1. We will be bringing two inflatable *kayaks in checked baggage. Lets hope that goes well.
We left Los Friales a bit after sunrise January 10. We had an easy overnight sail and arrived in Mazatlan the next morning. By 9:30 am we were anchored safely near Club Nautico and by 11am I was asleep after a long but very nice night-watch. By the time I woke up in mid-afternoon, Peggy had already washed down the
Today everything worked well. We started out with full sails and the winds came up so we reefed (made the main-sail smaller). It came up more so we did a second reef in the main-sail and reefed the jib. Then the winds calmed down and were behind us so we put up the asymetrical spinnaker. This was our first test
Anchor up and on the way by 7:30am, coffee in hand, heading south towards Bahia de los Muertos (Bay of the Dead – must be a story about that…), about 35 nautical miles. It was a somewhat gusty day with winds ranging from under 10 knots to the high twenties. When we were in the channel between Isla Ceralvo and
We decided to spend an extra day in Bahia San Gabriel to go hiking. We started with a dinghy ride to the white sand beach. We had a great hike and returned to the boat for lunch and a relaxing afternoon. The bay is beautiful, calm and uncrowded. Last night it was just us and our good friends on La
We left La Paz today to start the next phase of the trip. We had a great time in La Paz, enjoying the city, the marina and the people. Some of that was a bit constrained due to covid, but we still had fun and highly recommend La Paz. I did a photo album of the La Paz Malecon (Esplanade along the
Peggy and I returned from San Diego to La Paz yesterday, in time for New Year celebrations. I hear that New Year’s Eve is not such a big deal here but we will celebrate none the less! 🙂 We were happy to see that Calista was in great shape. Leaving your boat is a bit scary, even in a nice