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Some Pictures from Baja

  This is Enrique’s dock in Turtle Bay. Zoom in and you can see the stairs leading from the pier deck to the float below.   Look carefully and you can see 3 of many pelicans that would congregate around our boat at night in Turtle B…

Some Pictures from Baja

  This is Enrique’s dock in Turtle Bay. Zoom in and you can see the stairs leading from the pier deck to the float below.   Look carefully and you can see 3 of many pelicans that would congregate around our boat at night in Turtle B…

Mazatlan

We finally made it to Mazatlan. We had an uncomfortable crossing from the south tip of Baja due to choppy seas hitting us right on the beam but the worst part was we didn’t get any sleep for the 26 hour crossing. We arrived tired but happy to be back i…

Mazatlan

We finally made it to Mazatlan. We had an uncomfortable crossing from the south tip of Baja due to choppy seas hitting us right on the beam but the worst part was we didn’t get any sleep for the 26 hour crossing. We arrived tired but happy to be back i…

A Day In Turtle Bay

Tuesday we decided to go ashore to walk around and get some supplies. Turtle Bay has a water taxi service to shuttle cruisers in and out from the old pier, a left over from the fishing industry that used to exist here some 50 years ago, so we called En…

A Day In Turtle Bay

Tuesday we decided to go ashore to walk around and get some supplies. Turtle Bay has a water taxi service to shuttle cruisers in and out from the old pier, a left over from the fishing industry that used to exist here some 50 years ago, so we called En…

Bahia Tortuga – Turtle Bay

Location: 27°41.10’N, 114°53.40’W At anchor in Turtle Bay. We had a good trip down to Turtle Bay. For the first two days the seas were gentle with long period swells from behind us and then turned lumpy near the north end of Cedros Island making th…

Bahia Tortuga – Turtle Bay

Location: 27°41.10’N, 114°53.40’W At anchor in Turtle Bay. We had a good trip down to Turtle Bay. For the first two days the seas were gentle with long period swells from behind us and then turned lumpy near the north end of Cedros Island making th…

Heading South – The Plan

At least we like to pretend we have a plan. It looks like we’ll be getting out of here this Thursday, 3 January, after waiting 3 weeks for a break in the nasty weather rolling in from the north. Here is the preliminary plan –   …

Heading South – The Plan

At least we like to pretend we have a plan. It looks like we’ll be getting out of here this Thursday, 3 January, after waiting 3 weeks for a break in the nasty weather rolling in from the north. Here is the preliminary plan –   …