S/V Loomba-Loomba

We left La Paz on 4/13 and met Anna at Play Bonanza on Isla Espiritu Santo  – about 20 miles from La Paz. Mike and Brian stopped by for a beer. They were very comfortable in Mikes bean bag chairs. Shelling on Playa Bonanza. The following morning we took off early and had a great sail all the way up to San Evaristo where we waited out a northerly for 4 days.  It’s a nice protected anchorage, but it was cold – air temp got down to 59 in the morning and water was 68.   Sailing from Bonanza to San Evaristo. It was cold! Our route to San Evaristo. View from the cockpit - San Evaristo. One morning it was calm enough to head across to Punta Salinas  on Isla San Jose (4 miles) for a day trip. The abandoned salt ponds at Punta Salinas. Anchored off of Punta Salinas. On 4/18 we made an early morning departure and motored to Punta San Telmo – 47 miles.  It was like someone had turned the switch – no wind, no clouds, warm air and water temp was r

We left La Cruz on March 29, had a pleasant night anchored at Punta de Mita, and left for San Blas at 6:30am. It was a great day of sailing – hard on the wind and then close reaching in flat seas – doing 6-7 knots in 12-15 knots of wind.   These two boobies were hanging around the boat for about an hour. We arrived in Mantanchen Bay (by San Blas) about 4:30 PM where there was a major swell rolling in and the surfers were in heaven (when the surf is up the break is about a mile long – apparently it’s in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest surf break) . Jim borrowed a board from Wildflower and actually caught  some waves and then we surfed a few in the dinghy!  Surfing the waves in the dinghy (hard to tell the size from these pictures and movie) We spent two nights in Mantanchen Bay and left for Mazatlan at 7:30 am on April 1 st . It is an overnight passage. We had some great sailing until about 11:30 pm when we had to turn the engine on. The rest of