S/V Loomba-Loomba

We left Puerto Escondido on May 9 th after spending two days waiting out some unpredictable and changeable winds. We headed north towards Isla Coronados. The winds were out of the northeast (unusual) and we were doing so well sailing we decided to sail right past Coronados and go all the way to San Juanico (one of our all time favorite anchorages).                                            The slow cold front moving down from the north brought cooler temperatures (low 70’s during the day and low 60’s at night) and also cooler water (a chilly   69 to 72) when we first arrived in SJ.   We had some windy and cold days in SJ, but also some “perfect days” and the water did start warming up to 75 in the afternoons. By the time we left San Juanico the water was finally up to 78 and the air was up into the 80’s. We met some great new people, saw old friends, hiked most of the trails, swam, beachcombed, got some boat chores done, relaxed, and made a good dent in the food that

We started out from Mazatlan on the mainland (far right) on April 14th and arrived on Baja just south of Isla Cerralvo at Ensenada de los Muertos on April 15th. It was a fairly comfortable passage. We crossed paths with this tanker who came very close to us - see the GPS photo below. We had the right of way, and he turned to go behind us, but if I had been at the helm I would have changed our course. It's probably good I am NOT the captain:) Gorgeous sunrise on the way across --> When Tom and Claudette left us in Mazatlan they flew to La Paz to get on Mike and Kathy’s (mutual friends) boat “Running Horse”.   We left Mazatlan a little later than we planned due to dentist appointments and weather so it took us five days to catch up with Running Horse. --> We did an overnight passage from Mazaltan across the Sea of Cortez to Ensenada de Los Muertos just south of the Cerralvo Channel and La Paz , spent the night and head