May was dedicated to the Sea of Cortez,
north of Isla Islotes which had been our furthest point north as of
April. It fulfilled expectations! Beautiful anchorages are bountiful
and the crystal clear, turquoise water had warmed up sufficiently to
leave wetsuits behind. More cruisers were coming out to the Sea for
summer. It is easy to look back and see how the month passed so
quickly with many fantastic options for swimming, snorkeling and
hiking to rocky points and ridgelines, complemented by evenings here
and there with other boaters. It became very hot mid-day – too hot
for hiking but for swimming or sailing it was perfect. Sailing
between islands became a delightful combination of motoring and easy, leisurely sailing.
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| Blue sky, red rocks, white sand, turquoise water - the Sea of Cortez |
May 1-6: La Paz to Loreto Fest
We Left La Paz May 1st.
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| Leaving La Paz, Steve Jobs 220' yacht in the background |
We
wanted to get to Loreto Fest, May 2-4, and try to meet up with some of
the other boats that would be there but it's a long haul from La Paz,
~110 nm . We overnighted at Ensenada Grande on Espiritu Santo, a
favorite anchorage for its dazzling water and high red rock cliffs.
Two gray whales surfaced in unison off our port side along the way. The next morning, we crossed over to
the channel on the west side of Isla San Francisco. We had been
making good time motoring since having had the boat bottom cleaned by
Luis at Costabaja. More good news from Luis: we wouldn't need to haul
out and paint for another year. A wind picked up, N 20-30 kts
directly ahead so we were going a slow 3.5 kts and wouldn't be able
to make our intended anchorage before dark. We tucked just inside
Punta San Evaristo on the north side of the anchorage for the night.
The anchor was up again early at 0555.
It was still dark. The constellation Scorpio was looming large over
over San Evaristo. As we made our way into the channel in the dim
light of dawn, a pod of dolphins swam past.
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| Dolphins in Canal de San Jose |
The sun rise over Isla
San Jose and lit up the rocky landscape on the west side of the
channel. So awesome! The landscape had changed in the last day from
reddish cliffs with gullies extending to the shoreline to the high brown
and grey Sierra de la Gigante range rising from the water's edge.
We passed many more pods with a hundred dolphins swimming among
scores of jumping fish so we put the fishing line into the water.
Eventually, we heard the tell-tale sound of the reel indicating we
had hooked a fish – a lively, colorful dorado was jumping at the
end of our line! But...we had been using a smaller hook and it got
away.
We had gone a long way without seeing
any boats, then suddenly saw three and were pleased to pick up on AIS
Antipodes, Appa and Sea Otter. We had been hoping to catch up
with them at Loreto Fest but they had decided to make their way south
a little earlier. Two of the boats would need to get ready for
crossing to Hawaii soon. We considered joining them for one last
night in Agua Verde but by now it was a few hours behind us and
Puerto Escondido before dark was also calling. Loreto Fest is actually
held 14 nm south of Loreto in Puerto Escondido where there's a large,
protected anchorage. We finally arrived, anchor down at 17:30,
inflated the dinghy, and were quickly greeted by Winterhawk
dingying by on their way to the Loreto Fest spaghetti dinner. They
came aboard for a brief visit and then we went to dinner together.
There was a fantastic rock band on the patio. We danced a few and
stayed to the very end. It was Winterhawk's last evening
before going to San Carlos in the morning to prepare their boat for
storage and it was a festive send-off. We had noticed Finisterra in
the anchorage but didn't have a chance to contact them before
Winterhawk arrived and in the morning they were gone.
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| Loreto Fest site at Hidden Port Yacht Club |
We decided to stay for the day in
Puerto Escondido. A 15-minute walk to the tienda gave us a chance to
pick up a few provisions. It's a strange place. There is a town
infrastructure consisting of good, paved sidewalks, street lights,
spaces for a planned subdivision, small marina, large anchorage and
modern marina offices but nothing else. Years have passed but the
town has yet to be built! The setting is spectacular. The towering Los Gigantes frame the anchorage and in the morning light are
reminiscent of the Grand Canyon with colorful horizontal rock layers.
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| True North at Puerto Escondido, Los Gigantes in background |
We pulled anchor at 08:05 from Puerto Escondido on a beautiful
morning. The two hour motoring to Loreto was filled with the same
superb scenery. Add to it hundreds
of dolphins feeding in the channel. They were jumping every which
way along with the big fish they were trying to catch. We were lucky
to be in Loreto on a perfectly calm day and night. The anchorage at
the town is not protected so a stay of a few hours before the
afternoon winds pick up is the norm. With such calm conditions, we
stayed overnight. Early in the day we walked to the town center to
see the first and oldest mission in Mexico, San Loreto Mission, and a
tree-lined avenue with tourist shops and sights. We walked further
along a main road out of the tourist center, then back to Cafe Ole.
Across the street a tour office caught our attention.
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| Hotel in Loreto |
We signed up
for ride and guide the next morning to go to San Javier Mission,
about 30 kms away. It is the second oldest mission in Mexico and is
tucked away in the scenic mountains.
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| San Xavier Mission |
We met our guide, Oscar, at 08:30 on
the malecon in his van and rode to San Javier Mission, 30 kms through
winding hills with a few short detours for washed out roads which
were being repaired. We walked the arroyo over to a very old fig
tree. Roots 15' deep into the rock were exposed when the surrounding
rock layer was washed away in last winter's rains. San Javier is a
very small community with a wide stone paved main street leading to
the old mission church. It's a very picturesque place in the
mountains and off the beaten track. We may have been the only
visitors. There was one small craft shop, a few empty palapas and
tidy houses extending out from the main road. On the way back, Oscar
dropped us off at a panateria and then the supermarket.
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| Old Town Loreto |
We stopped
for fish tacos at Mita Gourmet and to our surprise noticed that just
next door was a craft beer cafe, 1697. So rare! It would have
been a tasty treat as Mexican cerveza is about as tasteless as Bud
Light. We had heard from Mike and Tammy on Resolution the
day before. They had found us via our InReach track and were
in the same area so we made plans to meet them that evening at Isla
Coronados.
May 7-15: Buddy boating with Resolution
We met up with Resolution
at Isla Coronados in the late afternoon at the south anchorage. We
went aboard their boat to catch up on the past several weeks'
activities and for dinner. Tammy had dorado to clear out of their
freezer and Mike grilled it perfectly. We brought pasta with pesto – lotsa' pasta still to be used from our galley. The next morning, we
moved our boats to the nearby west anchorage to access the hiking
trail to the peak, a dusty 3-hour round trip through a partially
groomed trail, rocks and gravel.
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| True North and Resolution on top Isla Coranados |
As we made our way back to the
anchorage the wind had picked up considerably. Our boats were
pitching at the edge of the surf line so we each prepared for
departure and took off rapidly for the calmer anchorage back on the
south side. Mike made a superb mole chicken which we complimented
with penne pasta, appetizer and margaritas.
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| Anne and Tammy reproduce Shawn and Heather's beach photo |
Together, we left in the morning for
San Juanico and sailed much of the 25 nm north then tucked into the
north end. It's a large, popular anchorage. We found a dozen other
boats there already. We had just missed the annual Shipwrecked beach
party the night before! Note: it is held every year on the first
Wednesday of May. The night before the party, another informal party
had been held at one of only two grand houses overlooking the beach.
The fabulous guitarist from Loreto Fest played for six hours! Tom, the
host, had invited all of the cruisers from the anchorage to his home
for a pot luck dinner. We missed a real special event!
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| Cruiser's "shrine", San Juanico |
We hiked a road a few miles up
to the saddle and snorkeled around the rocks in the anchorage for the
day's activities, then later in the evening Resolution joined
us aboard True North for a dinner of pasta putanesca and spicy
Italian sausage. While out in the dinghy the next day we stopped to
meet the boat Que Linda from Bend, OR and visited with Doug
and Linda. Coincidentally, they live on the same street as Sea
Otter's Mike, Julie and Ben with whom we've spent some good times
over the past few months. Gregg bartered for dorado with a sport fish boat
that had just come into the anchorage with a couple of Pacificas and
Emperado cookies. Muy bien, una dorado para la cena!
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| Anchorage at San Juanico |
I caught a fish, as we moved
north 4 nm to the anchorage at Punta Pulpito! We sailed most of the
way with a good wind. Just as we were thinking that we didn't really
need fish right now (we still had some dorado leftovers), we heard
the reel spinning. After patiently waiting for this fish to tire so
that we wouldn't lose it, we brought it in...but, another skipjack. It
wiggled desperately in an attempt to return to the sea and after a
funny photo op, we gladly let it go.
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| Anne with her good-looking Skipjack |
Punta Pulpito is quite picturesque. It
has a large rocky head with a big vertical obsidium streak running
through it and two large arches at the waterline. We took the
dinghies over to explore but had forgotten to bring the camera.
Later, we hiked the ridge to the top of Pulpito on a well-defined
trail with awesome views of the anchorage below. In the evening on Resolution,
combined leftovers from the galleys of Resolution and True
North produced a full plate of dorado fish tacos with an array of
colorful toppings.
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| Toppings, anyone? |
We had our first experience with the
Sea of Cortez bees in Pulpito where in some areas of the sea, bees
swarm to fresh water so that any found on your boat will attract
them. On opening the door to the head, I found a dozen of them
clinging to the water faucet and in the sink. Others hovered near the
galley sink. The good news is that they are easily chased away. We
closed the side ports (the upper hatches have screens) and they
stayed away. Punta Pulpito was our turnaround place and northernmost
point in the Sea. We planned to move south the following day to
Loreto to visit with Tammy and Mike's friend if the winds were calm
enough for the unprotected anchorage at Loreto but they weren't.
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| True North at Punta Pulpito, our farthest point north in the Sea |
A Norther with 27-30 kts was predicted
for the north end of the Sea. On departing Punta Pulpito we noted 15
kts. Sailing south to Isla Carmen with big, non-threatening rollers
and up to 28 kts of wind astern was exhilarating with jib only and an easy
6.5 kts SOG aside Resolution doing the same, making a very fun
day.
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| Resolution overtaking True North south of Punta Pulipito |
Bahia Ballandra, Isla Carmen – Change
of plans! With that Norther, it wasn't going to be calm enough to
anchor at Loreto and we still wanted to see some places along the way
to Escondido so we stopped instead at Bahia Ballandra on Isla Carmen.
There were a dozen boats already there, several in the north end
where we first wanted to anchor. We chose a place in the center and
Resolution pulled in nearby.
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| Bahia Ballandra |
The next day, Gregg and I
dinghied over to the estuary which wasn't deep enough to go very far.
I hung out in the dinghy while Gregg got out to explore a possible
trailhead but found myself drifting quickly out of the estuary! I
rowed as powerfully as possible and returned to the little sand beach
where Gregg waited but was reminded of my inability to start this
outboard. The cord is a rough pull and a little long for my arms. I
keep trying with frustration to get it started. (We have since had it
serviced!)
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| Dinghy'ing up the estuary at Ballandra |
After, we looked for the trail to hike the ridgeline
nearby. Gregg got to the top while I scrambled through rocks on the
goat trail. Meanwhile, Tammy and Mike took their dinghy over to
explore the snorkeling potential at the outer edge of the anchorage
while the water was still calm. By mid-morning the breeze had picked
up making rowing and snorkeling less desirable. In the evening, we
had another fine dinner, delectable Chicken Korma prepared by Mike, a
salad and crumbly brownies (no recipe) prepared by me.
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| The Resolution Restaurant |
We moved on and returned to Puerto Escondido, 16 nm
SW, and the same place we stayed at during Loreto Fest a couple of
weeks earlier. It's a large anchorage and even with two dozen boats
already there, we had plenty of room. As we entered we saw big, green
Antipodes already there. We tried to set the anchor twice in a
clearing, each time dragging and pulling up clumps of weeds mixed
with mud. We moved to another area and set the anchor securely.
Later, we learned the first area is called Skid Row! No boat stays
there long. Shortly after anchoring, Antipodes dinghied up to
say hello. After a brief time catching up, we invited them to join
Resolution and us for dinner at the small Tripui Resort
nearby where we were going to swim for the rest of the afternoon and
catch up with WiFi.
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| The pool at Tripui Resort |
The seven of us met later as planned. It's always
fun to exchange news! In the morning, Antipodes left to go
north, Resolution motored past to exit south. We hung out for
the day, spending another night in Puerto Escondido.
May 16-25: On Our Own
Honeymoon Cove, Isla Danzante and Bahia
Salinas, Isla Carmen
With just 10 days left in the Sea, we
put together a list of some of the anchorages we wanted to see most.
Honeymoon Cove was recommended as a “must see” and just 2 nm
across to Isla Danzante so we went to check it out. It is one of the
places known for bees. They came to the boat in droves searching for
fresh water! Though it is a very picturesque cove with three lobes in
which to anchor, a small white sand beach in one and with areas to
hike, there is no shortage of white sand beaches and hiking trails
elsewhere. We left!
We continued on around the north end of
Isla Danzante and to the east side of Isla Carmen to Bahia Salinas at
the NE end of the island. On the way in we passed a sunken fishing
boat in 30' of water which is noted on the chart as a good snorkel
and dive site. We dropped the anchor nearby, got out our gear and
jumped in to find an abundance of reef fish. Soon, a pilot house
sloop anchored nearby to do the same. Continuing on, we dropped our
anchor in 15' in front of the semi-abandoned village at Salinas. The
old white stucco church makes a picturesque scene set against the
mountains. It was a calm night with just two other boats in the
anchorage.
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| Church, Bahia Salinas |
We have just eight days left at sea in
Mexico. How many times in the past while working have we traveled far
to spend a week or two or three somewhere, yet this is just the
tail-end of a year aboard and this experience. The time and freedom
have been luxurious.
We motored with little wind SW towards
Bahia Candeleros. We wanted to check out the resort there but also
were interested in staying at the smaller Caleta Candelero Chico
around the point. With just one week left, we had to make choices. We
did a “sail by” the resort but weren't enticed quite enough,
despite missing their turtle-shaped pool! Instead we continued on the
extra 2 nm to Caleta Candelero Chico. It is picture-perfect, just as
described in our guidebook, and small.
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| Gregg at Caleta Candelero Chico |
If more than one boat comes
into the anchorage, both would need a stern tie but no other boats
arrived. It's beautiful! Wide open space to the east with Isla
Carmen rising as a mirage; blue-gray Los Gigantes montains to the
west framed by low, yellow grassy land with cardon cactus; and a
small opening to the south with just enough space for a dinghy
passage. We anchored, got out the snorkeling gear and went to the
south side where the sun still lit the water. Surprisingly, the rocky
shoreline's clear water didn't reveal many fish. On the way back to
the boat, I swam through a school of Mexican Houndfish (I think)
which look a little like needle nose or trumpet fish. Beeeautiful
evening! The light is so amazing; also the sounds. A pair of sea
gulls called to each other. A sea ray skimmed the water, also a
dolphin! Perfect temperature, 85°,
low humidity, all was calm.
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| Sunsets on Isla Carmen, from Caleta Candelero Chico |
This anchorage is memorable as one of the
most enjoyable to date. It was late when we got around to dinner. We
opted for simple: canned pozole rojos with dried carne adobada. If we
had known earlier how good it would be we could have brought it to
dinner with Resolution and faked it as home cooked...it's that
savory. In the morning, we took the dinghy to shore and explored a
trail leading from the beach. Gregg climbed up a little higher for a
view of the cove.
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| Caleta Candelero Chico |
Two oyster catchers nesting together on the beach
stayed awhile, then walked the shoreline poking at the water for
something to eat.
We sailed for several hours south to
Agua Verde with 20-25 kts close hauled and gusts of 30 kts near Roca
Solitaria.
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| Roca Solitaria |
Once inside the anchorage the wind calmed a bit but not
completely. As we anchored, we remembered the fishing line was still
deployed. Bringing it aboard, we found a long, narrow, silvery and
yellow fish with a 4” file at the end and sharp little teeth!
Mexican Houndfish? It looked too skinny to be anything but bones so
we gave it back to the sea.
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| Mexican Houndfish??? |
Once anchored, we took the dinghy to
shore to explore. Agua Verde is an authentic fishing village; nothing
touristy here. Pangas began returning to shore. We walked through the
village on a main, dusty road towards the center, the little blue
church. Oh, it was hot! A few children came along looking for candy and gum. We asked
directions to the tienda and they directed us to Maria's, a tidy
tienda. A few streets away, a couple of musicians were practicing
lively oom-pah-pah music, audible throughout the whole village. They
were gearing up for a Sunday night social. Throughout the evening,
pangas criss-crossed the anchorage returning for the day, while music
and singing resounded in the distance.
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| Downtown Agua Verde |
A dinghy ride around the bay brought us
alongside a large, aluminum trawler type boat from Edmonton, Alberta.
We stopped to say hello and Idelwild invited us aboard for a
cold cerveza and a visit. The evening was very calm. The next morning
while the water was unbelievably clear we took the dinghy and snorkel
gear over to the Pyramid rock. Initially, there wasn't much to see
but then we moved over a little to the other side of the small
passage and there was an abundance of different reef fish and some
new ones: stone fish, cortez angelfish and a first sighting of the
chocolate chip starfish I had been hoping to find! It looks
like a large, puffy cookie. This snorkeling site ended up being one
of the best yet, also with file fish, rainbow wrasse, parrotfish,
spotted porcupinefish, tile fish, damselfish, golden groupers, rays
and a few distinctly different fish we couldn't identify.
Around noon, we moved south to Bahia
San Marte, just a few miles from Agua Verde. However, after lunch the
southeasterlies picked up to 29 kts in the anchorage. The only other
boat there left! The wind wasn't so bad but the wave action was
becoming uncomfortable. With nothing but time, we thought it best to
move back north to the more protected Agua Verde East, which
materialized into a peaceful resting place for the night. We were the
only boat in the anchorage under a brilliant night sky. To the mellow
tunes of Mark Knopfler and EmmyLou Harris we passed the evening
identifying constellations out on the deck.
A thick fog covered the Agua Verde area
in the morning.
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| Fog at Agua Verde! |
Even on the dry side of the sea summer heat brings on
morning humidity. It burned off by late morning when we left the
anchorage for the next stop 15 nm south, Los Gatos. With a light wind
of 8-11 kts, we made our way there slowly but steadily. The scenery
all along the way was stunning! Striated cliffs of red, white and
grey lined the coast with small patches of white sand beaches. Grand,
rounded red sandstone ledges and cliffs came into view as we entered
Los Gatos anchorage. We anchored in the center of the bay with no
other boats around. A panga speeded over to offer conch for sale. We
bought two for 50 pesos, ~ $4 USD from the fisherman, Manuel but had
no idea how to prepare them. Our Spanish could only make out “sopa”
and “agua caliente” so we planned on soup of some kind.
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| Anne buying conch from Manuel |
Another
sailboat, from Vancouver, B.C., arrived and was also approached by
Manuel. Soon after we stopped by Tenacity to meet John and
Kim. They told us to boil the conch for 20 minutes and then pull them
out of the shell with a pliers. First, we made a shore trip to
explore the smooth red rocks and climb to the top for the all
expansive views. Fabulous!
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| Red rocks, Los Gatos |
Back at the boat, Gregg took over as
seafood chef. Later when preparing it, Gregg got ours out easily but
we could hear Tenacity pounding their shells with a hammer. As
for taste...it was just like rubberbands to me but Gregg liked the
flavor.
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| Extracting conch from the shell |
There are many lovely anchorages south
of Los Gatos with similar red sandstone cliffs in which to hike and
climb. We told Manuel we would be in Timbabiche the next night and he
hinted that he would find some langostas (lobsters) for us and bring
them there. However, in the morning we couldn't resist staying one
more day in this peaceful place. More boats came into the anchorage
later including Trinity Rose, a DeFever power boat we
had met on the Pacific side a few months earlier. Fortunately for us,
Manuel came speeding across the anchorage in the afternoon to return
with four langosta. They were easy to prepare and so, so good to eat.
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| Langostas from Manuel |
At sunset, we took a spin around the anchorage by dinghy and met
Quetzel from Port Townsend
with Amy and John aboard. We visited with them until after dark, just
talking and comparing future plans.
The sail from Los Gatos to San Evaristo
gave us an opportunity to use just about every point of sail. The
wind flip-flopped from every direction along the way but we were in
no great hurry to get to the next anchorage, opting instead for
sailing in a mixture of brisk to mild winds. We got to San Evaristo
in late afternoon, put the dinghy in and went to shore to explore the
small fishing village. There are a few houses near the water but most
are about a block away along a wide dirt road. The "Super Mercado" was closed, so we walked over to a little restaurant to buy cervesa and limones.
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| "Super Mercado" in San Evaristo was cerrado |
The shoreline was busy
with fishermen cleaning their catch, hundreds of birds waiting
nearby. Consequently, the shoreline wasn't very clean and so opted not to swim. In the morning, we got up to see a large pod with
dozens of dolphins swam through the anchorage.
Last stop, Isla San Francisco – We
couldn't have been more fortunate than to spend our last two nights
in the Sea of Cortez in the beautiful Isla San Francisco south
anchorage. It has a large, crescent-shaped beach with fine, white
sand and high, reddish rocky cliffs with defined hiking trails.
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| Bahia San Francisco |
The
crystal-clear and turquoise water is impossible to resist! We went
swimming immediately after setting the anchor. This would prove to be
another incredible anchorage for beauty, serenity and things to do.
We took the dinghy around to explore the rocky points first and on the
way back, passed by a sparkling, airy catamaran to get a
closer look. Peter waved us over to Taj and to invite us to
join them later for happy hour. With pleasure! We spent a most
interesting evening visiting with Peter & Janet from Seattle and
found no shortage of boat talk and other common ground. The next
morning we hiked the ridge for grand panoramic views of the anchorage
and surrounding sea. A few more boats had arrived. Janet and I
snorkeled by the rocks at the point to find an interesting pulsating
sea urchin covered with small rocks. We picked it up and removed a
few rocks to get a closer look! After putting it back in place, the
rocks quickly returned to the urchin. Were they protection? The rest
of the afternoon and evening went by too quickly.
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| Crew of Taj on True North |
We savored what
would be our last night at an anchorage in the Sea of Cortez. In the
morning, we motored and sailed the 40 miles back to La Paz to close
the boat for summer.
Great year! Looking back, the Ha-Ha provided a fun
introduction to cruising in Mexico, eliminating a lot of the
paperwork hassles and by providing a loose security net and network
for meeting others. Add to that beautiful Mexican cruising grounds
and wonderfully friendly locals and cruisers. While we made a
reasonable initial attempt to learn Spanish, we didn't get beyond
“getting by”, yet Mexicans were visibly pleased with any attempt
we made to speak Spanish. True North exceeded our
expectations. While honing our sailing skills we found out "what she can do", no one went overboard,
there were no groundings or anchor draggings and we didn't hit
anything. There were no big storms and no wild wind we
couldn't handle by reefing early enough. Even spinnaker handling went
well. We experienced the best side of cruising the U.S. coastline and
Mexico. We also experienced the striking contrast between
the simplicity of living aboard a sailboat in pristine anchorages
and the beautiful resort life made available to us in several
marinas: Costabaja, Barra de Navidad, Las Hadas and El Cid.
It certainly was grand to venture into both worlds.
May 25: Marina Costabaja in La Paz, prepping True North for the summer
Our final week brought us once again to
Costabaja Marina to close up True North for the summer. With
a daunting list of chores, we rapidly worked each morning while it
was cool towards battening the hatches and sails against potential
hurricanes, intensive heat and pest prevention. Other cruisers were
doing the same, taking an “infinity pool” break around 15:00 to
cool off in the mid-day heat with a cold beverage.
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| True North with her hurricane sail cover |
Where are some of the other boats whose
paths we crossed during the season? Roundabout did the Puddle
Jump, arriving in the Marqueses at the end of April. Sand Dollar
made a 22-day Pacific crossing to Hawaii, arriving yesterday, May
30th. Appa and Sea Otter left on May 29th
for Hawaii and are presently making good time with fair winds.
Unleashed remains in Marina Mazatlan over the summer while
getting a new paint job and her crew RVs around the U.S. Resolution's crew left her in Costabaja a couple of days ago
with their sabbatical over and plans to return to the Sea in
November. Antipodes is cruising the Sea of Cortez through
June; then will bash to San Francisco. They cut back their 3-year
cruising plan through the Canal and East Coast to regroup. Winterhawk
left in early May for San Carlos to leave their boat on the hard over
the summer with plans to return next February. Angelina bashed
back to So Cal. Sunshine left their boat in Marina Palmira, La
Paz for the summer. Finistera delayed plans for Panama until
next year and are bashing back to So Cal to do some boat work and
will return in the Fall. French Curve should be in the Sea of
Cortez about now and for the summer, then heading south along the
coast. La Ballona II will likely leave their boat in Costabaja
where we first met them last November. Ohana, our boat dock
neighbors in Anacortes, stayed in Half Moon Bay over the winter and
will head south along the coast of Mexico in the Fall, making their
way to Panama and Central America.
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| True North and crew |
And True North? She will stay at Costabaja over the summer. We plan to return with her to the Sea of Cortez for
October and November. Then, back to sunny winter days with fluffy snow for the ski season,
December to February. After that, as we've learned from others:
“Our plans will be written in sand at low tide.”
