The Cruise of Mariposa: SailBlogs

Fondeadero San Carlos

Eric/Breezy sunshine — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0600

The weather was so good on our way here from Turtle Bay that everybody was in a good mood. The water was glassy calm well into the afternoon, and the air was cool and the sun was warm. This must be why the fishermen gave us all that lobster. And the octopus. (Continued...)

Turtle Bay

Eric/Clear and Cool — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:55:00 -0600

We got up this morning in Bahia Asuncion unsure whether we would make another leg of our journey north or sit tight and get some rest. Asuncion is a lovely bay with a plain but very sweet town, and it would be nice to visit it again as we did on the way down. Plus, we'd been traveling hard for a week. (Continued...)

Bahia Asuncion

Eric/Calm, cool and collected — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:15:00 -0600

These fifty-mile legs are a lot easier than the 200-mile day and the 140-mile ones we made from Cabo. We left Punta Abreojos in the damp dawn this morning, rounded the point without incident, and proceeded north to this sweet, protected bay. Southbound we stopped long enough to take a hike on the hills above the town and to have lunch and buy a few parched groceries. This time we're trying to take advantage of the fine weather, so we'll just rest the night and head out again in the morning for Turtle Bay. (Continued...)