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Bahia Concepcion

After San Juanico we headed north to Bahia Concepcion. We had only spent a few days there in the Santispac anchorage in 2011 so we were looking forward to exploring the rest of the bay.  Our plan was to stay for awhile and then go to Punta Chivato to wait for a good weather window to cross the Sea of Cortes to Guaymas/San Carlos.
The first night we anchored at Playa Santispac and then
headed down to Playa Santa Barbara.
Loomba-Loomba anchored in Playa Santa Barbara, Bahia Concepcion.
Sunrise view from the cockpit looking north from Play Santa Barbara.
It was HOT! Water temp 86.7, air temp 100
After a few days in Santa Barbara we decided to head up to El Burro Cove
 for a  couple of days. There were quite a few other  cruising boats and two
 restaurants there.
In the afternoons everyone grabbed a "floaty" and gathered for
"talking heads therapy".  Fun times!



After a few days in El Burro a southerly wind was predicted so we went
back down to Santa Barbara and got some more good snorkeling in.
Here we had just finished snorkeling around Tecomate Island.
From Santa Barbara we headed up to Playa Santo Domingo by the head of the bay to position ourselves to either head for Punta Chivato in the event of a north wind or to head across to San Carlos if we had south winds.
South winds were predicted for the next week or so so we headed across at 4am the next day and got to San Carlos before sunset.
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We will spend about two weeks at Marina Real in San Carlos
 getting Loomba-Loomba ready for haul out for the summer.
We've decided to leave her in Marina Real dry storage this year instead of Guaymas.
Marina Real uses a trailer to haul the boats so there are no straps from the travel lift
 to damage the new paint. They also have a marina so we can be at a dock with
water and electricity while we are getting the boat ready to haul out.


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