S/V Loomba-Loomba

We were finally able to leave Mazatlan early on May 8th and had a quick trip up Baja  (our favorite cruising area in Mexico) before we crossed back over to San Carlos on the   mainland from San Juanico. Leaving Mazatlan A really good crossing from Mazatlan to Muertos We were on a mission to get up north of La Paz as quickly as we could so we could enjoy our favorite anchorages before heading back across the Sea of Cortez to San Carlos where  we will leave L-L for the summer. We arrived in Muertos at 5PM on May 9th and left early the next morning to get to Balandra to spend the next night. A fun sail up Cerralvo Channel from Muertos to Balandra  From Balandra we spent the next day getting to the San Evaristo anchorage  (a great little fishing village) where we spent the next night. The area from San Evaristo to San Juanico is our favorite. Look closely and you can see the little fishing village of Nopolo at the water's edge.

We've been in Mazatlan since March 29th. We thought we'd be here two weeks for  Beto and Saul to put a few more coats of varnish on  and Rafa to fix the leak in the transmission that  he rebuilt last year. We've been here for forty days (and forty nights)! It turns out that one of the major transmission  parts was compromised by the machine shop  that Rafa sent it to. We ordered a new part from  the States and it took over three weeks to get here. The transmission needed to be rebuilt again with the new part and then reinstalled and the shaft aligned. With holidays and weekend delays, we didn't get  the transmission back until May 3rd. Jim re-installed it, got the shaft re-aligned, the electrolysis problem solved and tested the transmission at the dock. We're hoping it's okay because we are heading out tomorrow at first light to get across the Sea of Cortez, up Baja and then over to San Carlos (on the mainland)  t