Ensenada to Bahia de Tortugas
29 November 2014 | Baja California, Mexico
Jill
We have just completed the passage from Ensenada to Bahia de Tortugas, about 280 nautical miles, so we are now at a similar latitude to Brisbane. A bit of a slow trip, averaging only 5 and a half knots, but the weather was beautiful and we wanted to conserve fuel so we have been taking it easy.
Bahia de Tortugas is one of the few good anchorages on the west coast of the Baja peninsula so it is a convenient rest stop for boats heading south to Cabo, the Sea of Cortez and the Mexico mainland Pacific coast.
As you can see in the photo we had the side windows open. That’s the first time in well over a year and they even stayed open all night, an indication of the great weather we are having.
Had the fishing lines in during daylight hours but no strikes. There are some good fishing banks coming up on the next leg so fingers crossed for some nice fresh mahi mahi.