Northward bound
11 April 2011 | City of Peace/La Paz
Gabriellas Grandpa
I had a nice passage from Barra to La Cruz in the company of good cruising friends Barbara and Tom on Hooligan. Spent about a week in the Banderas Bay area people watching, Costco runs, and waiting for a good weather window. I was leaving La Cruz with Hooligan following when he called on the radio and said he had to turn around and head back to haul out because there was a lot of water coming in the shaft log. So I said good bye to them and won't see them until next years cruising season. Went up around Punta Mita and down the coast to Chacala. I spent about 3 days luxuriating(sp) at one of my favorite spots. Delicious Mahi-mahi dinners under a palapa on the beach with great visuals of boat and people. Left Chacala and went about 14 miles up the coast to Matanchen Bay/San Blas. The water in the bay is real flat as I had to climb to the top of my mast so I could troubleshoot and repair my tricolor running light. I WANT OTHER BOATS TO SEE ME AT NIGHT! I left Mantanchen Bay the next morning and did an overnighter into Mazatlan. I went straight to the Singlar fuel dock and loaded up on diesel and gas and visited with the girls in the office....they were sad that I wasn't going to spend some time in the marina. I went over to the new Santa Fe market and bought groceries, then headed out to Deer Island to anchor for the night. Pulled out of Mazatlan and headed out to cross the southern Sea of Cortez for La Paz. Two days and one night later I pulled into the Muertos anchorage which is about 40 miles from La Paz. I got a good nights sleep and left the next morning for La Paz. It was a nice passage and it was nice to be back in La Paz. Leaving mainland Mexico and going over to the Baja is like going to another country. I have been here for almost a week and will leave about Thursday or Friday for Isla Partida and points north.