S/V Loomba-Loomba

We were having some issues with a few things on the boat: The Mercury outboard quit working, the SSB radio could not transmit voice messages, and the auto pilot would not correct to port, so after two weeks in Agua Verde we decided to make our way to La Paz to get everything fixed and instead of crossing over to the mainland we decided to fly to Mazatlan to meet the kids. We are now in La Paz and Jim was able to fix the autopilot with some trouble shooting conversations with the manufacturer, both outboards were fixed and tuned up by "Sea Otter Jimmy"  and the SSB guy is coming to the boat on Monday to (hopefully) fix the SSB. We will be in La Paz for a month or so.  Our stops between AV and LP: Puerto Los Gatos: We knew our friends on Three Hour Tour were headed north to Loreto and we were headed south so we tried calling them on the VHF radio and they answered! We met in Puerto Los Gatos and had a fun afternoon and evening - no other...

The weather was better this time and we stayed two weeks. Many days we hiked up this road from the north anchorage to the village and then back on the beach when the tide was low - 3.5 miles.  This is the first house you come to as you come down the hill to the village: The main roads in the village have been graded and are lined  with painted white rocks and tree trunks.  There are two churches. This is the Evangelical church: This is the Catholic church:  The panga repair shop:  A speed limit sign:  This house either belongs to a very large family or they take in laundry:  In the course of our two week visit we met many campers on the beach. We are usually not here in the middle of winter so it was fun to talk to some campers and see the variety of rigs.  Apparently Agua Verde is now on the iOverlander app! Agua Verde village and beach is 40km from the highway on a pretty rough roa...

We left San Carlos at 12:15 PM on January 28 and had the  anchor down at Isla Coronados on Baja at 8:55 AM on January 29th.  It was a fast and comfortable sail........worth waiting for! The only other boat we saw out there was this shrimp boat: Sunset out in the middle of the Sea of Cortez: Sunrise at Isla Coronados: (notice the moon) When we were at Isla Coronados (with cell service) we heard from some former cruisers and good friends from home. Kurt and Nancy were in Puerto Escondido with their Fifth Wheel. They were heading to Los Barilles for a month, but they would be at Puerto Escondido for one more night.  So we pulled up anchor and headed for PE: We had Kurt and Nancy out to the boat (on a mooring) and then we went to the  PE restaurant for very good brick oven pizza.  The next morning we said our goodbyes to them, fueled up, and left PE.  An unusual (for winter) south wind was predicted so we sailed...