Archive for June, 2010
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
San Quintin
Two nights ago the weather moderated enough for us to make another hop up the coast. For this leg our main concern was getting past the island of Cedros. There’s some controversy amoungst the sailing community on how to traverse this island. Some sailors take the inside route, enjoying the lee of the island from [...]
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Cabin Fever Anyone?
We are still in Bahia de Tortuga. It hasn’t gotten too monotonous yet, but I certainly wouldn’t want to be holed up here for much longer. At the moment there are about 12 sailboats waiting as we are. A few brave souls left two days earlier: one lost their anchor and the other reported 12 [...]
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Friday, June 18th, 2010
Turtle Bay at Last
Note to self: should you ever do this trip again, which at this point the chances are pretty much nil, the wind and waves really pick up between 11:00 am to 11:00 pm. Also, double those grib numbers around the capes. And Fin Whales are rather large. When in the path of one, make sure [...]
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Monday, June 14th, 2010
A Little Bashin’ with a Little Relaxin’
Chris and I are taking our time on the outside of the Baja. We spent a week anchored in front of the tiny village of Bahia Magdalena, where we took some time getting to know the locals. Not a whole lot goes on there. These people live a very marginal life with houses made of [...]
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Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Magdalena Bay
We made it into Mag Bay yesterday evening. We’re trying to locate fuel at the moment. The Port Captain will apparently sell us fuel, but unfortunately he’s off this weekend. We may be delayed for a week, depending on the upcoming weather and the fuel situation. We’re anchored right in front of the village, Bahia [...]
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Friday, June 4th, 2010
On Our Way to Magdalena Bay
Just rounded Cabo Falso. Quite churned up and wavy. Glad we waited an extra couple of days. We are just now past the cape. Seas are moderately choppy with a 10 knot breeze out of the Northwest. SOG is about 3.5 to 4.0 knots. Not too bad. All’s well on board.
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
More on Our Baja Bash Strategy
We’re still in Cabo San Lucas or as some people call it: Cabo San Pucas. I would concur with that latter statement. It’s expensive and off the charts touristy. Non-stop cruise ships full of the masses inundate the place, most of whom rent jet-skis for the first time in their lives, and dangerously zip around [...]
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Not So Fast…
We woke up this morning to howling winds across the cape. It’s been blowing over twenty knots all night long, which pretty much guarantees some steep waves around Cabo Falso. Unfortunately, we’re missing a great weather window for the northern portion of the Baja. But what can you do? We’ll just hang tight until the [...]
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
And So It Begins…at 4 a.m.
Well, it looks like Chris and I will make a move tomorrow at dawn. The cape, called ‘Cabo Falso’ is blowing 15 knots according to the grib files, which means 20 knots, but to the north of the cape, the gribs indicate smooth calm seas for the next six days. So we’ve decided to batten [...]