S/V Loomba-Loomba

I wrote this post on 4/21/14. The day after I wrote it we left for San Juanico/San Basilio where we stayed for almost a month. Puerto Escondido isn’t what it used to be. Puerto Escondido It is so sad. Puerto Escondido is one of the most beautiful and protected anchorages in Baja.  The first year we were here it was a going concern.  There were tons of boats in the anchorage (200 were here for Loreto Fest 2011). Pedro’s restaurant was great and his store had almost anything you could need and if he didn’t have it Fernando’s store (about half of a mile up the road) might have it. The moorings were about  eight dollars a night and Fonatur (the government agency that runs the marinas) maintained them,  there was a water taxi a few times a day, the showers worked and had hot water, there was TP in the bathrooms.  It was a gathering place and people stayed awhile.  We hauled out in the nice cement boat yard here the first summer we went home. We reall...

If you would like to see where these places are you can click on our Sailblogs link and then on the map. This is a much better map than the yotreps map link. On April 10 we said our goodbyes to the Anna crew and headed north to Puerto Los Gatos. Amazingly the anchorage was empty. We anchored in the south lobe and we had the whole bay to ourselves until the next afternoon when two other boats came in to anchor. Great beachcombing, fishing, and snorkeling.  Water was clear and warm (76) Looking north from the southernmost beach Looking south from the southernmost beach (Can you see me climbing around on the rocks?) Sunrise in Puerto Los Gatos Sunrise in Puerto Los Gatos The colors of the cliffs and mountains are gorgeous. Next stop Agua Verde - one of our favorite anchorages.  We stayed in the north lobe for awhile and then  moved to the south lobe when the wind was changing to a southerly. Lots of new baby goats this time! We were a...

and since Simon is going to be four months old tomorrow I thought I would share some new pictures.......

The green triangles are boats with AIS (Automatic Identification System) It was busy out there - mostly cargo ships in the shipping lanes. Our crossing from Punta de Mita turned out to be about 60 hours. We had some good sailing and motor sailing   with flat seas until about the last 10 hours when it turned into washing machine conditions. The first night we had an amazing sunset. We were very glad to drop the anchor at Muertos at about 9PM on day three. After a few days at Muertos we headed up toward La Paz and had a great day sailing up Cerralvo Channel and San Lorenzo Channel with spinnaker and then the jib. A paddleboarder who was camped at the beach in Muertos. He had a child on board plus a fishing pole!  Puerto de Balandra was our next stop. We stayed in Balandra for several days waiting to connect with Mike and Kathy and Tom (Chrissy's brother) and Claudette on Anna. The weather  was perfect. The water was as clear ...