The Travels of Aztec
| Vessel Name: | Aztec |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Cape North Cutter (by Brewer) |
| Hailing Port: | San Francisco, CA |
| Crew: | David & Carolyn Cammack |
| Extra: | Aztec departed Stockton Sailing Club in the fall of '06 and sailed with the Baja-Ha-Ha to Mexico |
30 March 2011 | El Cid Marina
28 March 2011 | Pacific Ocean
25 March 2011 | La Cruz de Huanacaxtle
24 March 2011 | La Cruz anchorage
01 March 2007 | The Mexican Riviera
10 November 2006 | Cabo to La Paz & Mazatlan
31 October 2006 | San Diego on South
01 October 2006 | San Francisco Bay
01 September 2006 | Stockton Sailing Club
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30 March 2011 | El Cid Marina
Arrive Mazatlan
Arrive El Cid Marina 1:00 pm March 30, 2011. Tied up in slip B21B behind another sailboat. This huge slip is normally used by some monster power yacht, but here we are.
28 March 2011 | Pacific Ocean
La Cruz to Mazatlan
I'm not really a "blogger". So far, I wait until I'm in the mood and then write a story about what I remember. It has been over a month since we left La Cruz, and what follows is from my notes, the log and feeble memories.
24 March 2011 | La Cruz anchorage
La Paz to Puerto Vallarta
La Paz to Puerto Vallarta March 19-23, 2011
01 March 2007 | The Mexican Riviera
Mazatlan to Mazatlan
This segment will cover most of our first season as "Real Cruisers" , as we moved from Mazatlan down the Mexican Riviera" as far south as Manzanillo, with stops coming and going in Puerto Vallarta, Camela, Barra de Navidad, and Tenacatita Bay. Check out the photos - a lot of the detail will be there. Leaving [...]
10 November 2006 | Cabo to La Paz & Mazatlan
After the Ha-Ha
Cabo San Lucas to La Paz Mid November, 2006
The Baja-Ha-Ha
31 October 2006 | San Diego on South
The time has come. The Baja Ha-Ha !
This really is the point of no return for the beginning cruiser on the West Coast. Sure, you can turn around at Ensenada and come back on your own, but after years of preparation, how could you do that???
Most of the stuff we threw aboard in Stockton was reasonably stowed under the seats and floorboards by the time Wally Fort and John Ashburn arrived in San Diego to crew for us on the Baja Ha-Ha.
Time to SAIL to Mexico.... Remember, we've had no wind? After the festivities and last-minute provisioning, the morning came, and, like clockwork at the start of the Baja-Ha-Ha, then wind turned on. With Wally and John aboard, we scarcely motored at all from there to Turtle Bay, Mexico.
Under way !
The wind was less on the 2nd leg of the Ha-Ha, and even less on the 3rd leg, but by then we had ripped the main sail horizontally just above the third reef about the 2nd night of the Ha-Ha.
The abbreviated highlights:
See the photos.
We trailed a fishing line and caught 4 Mexican Bonita.
The auto-pilot died and we hand-steered hours on end.
The Ha-Ha is an excellent training experience for new-to-cruising folks like us. The flip side of that story is that you sure go down the coast fast, with no time to kick around the numerous bays and towns along the way.
Our thanks to John & Wally! They were wide awake at 3 am for the ripping mainsail and large powerboats approaching in the dark, and quite willing to hand steer when the autopilot crapped out, helped to fix it, and then when it crapped out a second time. They put up with our awkward old boat and acted like they enjoyed it!
There were parties at the Turtle Bay and Bahia Santa Maria stops.
The weather became warmer.
Our radios worked.
Arrived Cabo San Lucas about November 6. We may be in a foreign country here....hmmm .. Speed limit in the harbor - 3 Nudos! (It's a bad translation, I think)
It was really rough at anchor (rough enough to bury Aztec & Valyrie's bows while at anchor), and we were wondering what to do. Don Anderson was threatening a 'blue norther' and late-season hurricane was pushing those swells at us. Getting back to the boat by dinghy was becoming a real experience! So we went into the marina for just a couple days - until the cost of a slip hurt more than the rough weather, and then headed out for points ..... somewhere... North to La Paz? East to Mazatlan?
This really is the point of no return for the beginning cruiser on the West Coast. Sure, you can turn around at Ensenada and come back on your own, but after years of preparation, how could you do that???
Most of the stuff we threw aboard in Stockton was reasonably stowed under the seats and floorboards by the time Wally Fort and John Ashburn arrived in San Diego to crew for us on the Baja Ha-Ha.
Time to SAIL to Mexico.... Remember, we've had no wind? After the festivities and last-minute provisioning, the morning came, and, like clockwork at the start of the Baja-Ha-Ha, then wind turned on. With Wally and John aboard, we scarcely motored at all from there to Turtle Bay, Mexico.
Under way !
The wind was less on the 2nd leg of the Ha-Ha, and even less on the 3rd leg, but by then we had ripped the main sail horizontally just above the third reef about the 2nd night of the Ha-Ha.
The abbreviated highlights:
See the photos.
We trailed a fishing line and caught 4 Mexican Bonita.
The auto-pilot died and we hand-steered hours on end.
The Ha-Ha is an excellent training experience for new-to-cruising folks like us. The flip side of that story is that you sure go down the coast fast, with no time to kick around the numerous bays and towns along the way.
Our thanks to John & Wally! They were wide awake at 3 am for the ripping mainsail and large powerboats approaching in the dark, and quite willing to hand steer when the autopilot crapped out, helped to fix it, and then when it crapped out a second time. They put up with our awkward old boat and acted like they enjoyed it!
There were parties at the Turtle Bay and Bahia Santa Maria stops.
The weather became warmer.
Our radios worked.
Arrived Cabo San Lucas about November 6. We may be in a foreign country here....hmmm .. Speed limit in the harbor - 3 Nudos! (It's a bad translation, I think)
It was really rough at anchor (rough enough to bury Aztec & Valyrie's bows while at anchor), and we were wondering what to do. Don Anderson was threatening a 'blue norther' and late-season hurricane was pushing those swells at us. Getting back to the boat by dinghy was becoming a real experience! So we went into the marina for just a couple days - until the cost of a slip hurt more than the rough weather, and then headed out for points ..... somewhere... North to La Paz? East to Mazatlan?
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