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Looking for some place to cruise out of Santa Rosalia? Try out San Marcos Island. Known for it’s dusty gypsum mine on the south end of the island and can be in hospitable at times. Being a vacation/ holiday week we decided to visit the south beach between Punta Blanca and Punta Tijera. This is […]
Estrella was in much need of bottom paint as primer was showing through. Eduardo, Fonatur Marina manager, got me out of the water and on the hard within a couple of days from our arrival. Francisco, the yard work manager got his guys scraping the bottom while Estrella was still in the sling! By the […]
We had a very easy night crossing from Santa Rosalia to the Guaymas area. 8 to 10 knot winds and under 1 foot swell. Dropping anchor in a safe protected and empty bay was the order of the day break. Bahia Catalina was the spot. We anchor in 18 feet of water. The land breeze, […]
Ten days out of LA Paz, dodging northerlies I spent a week in Puerto Escondido on a mooring bouy in the mooring field. They are proud of their bouys as a ball in Escondido is the same price as a slip in Santa Rosalia or Guaymas! That said, the facilities are very nice and the […]
date April 15, 2022 After power washing her bottom I found that about 25% of the bottom paint peeled off to existing barrier coat. This is compared to losing 10% three years ago with the same process. So, I decided to do the big job and strip all bottom paint down to the barrier coat, […]
There was an interesting post on the Cruiser Forum asking for any success stories from inexperienced buyers of large boats. I started out writing a along diatribe about my experiences buying Estrella, as, at the time, I considered myself very inexperienced. After writing for a while I realized this long story belonged on my site […]
I had hoped to do some shopping on Orcas Island as the wind predictions on Windy and Predict Wind agreed that there would be light westerlies. The San Juan waterways did not cooperate! Hoping for the best I left Blind Bay and headed for the long East Sound of Orcas Island. The south side of […]
Motored into Blind Bay for an easy anchorage. Lots of good anchor holding. While cruising for a spot to anchor I did a double take on a blue hull vessel. To my surprise it was another Gozzard! Her name, Grace Note, owned by Greg and Barb. She is a G31 and looking good! There are […]
date June 21, 2021 Once again, a late start. This time by choice. So many pre 4th gatherings and get togethers after Covid. All very much enjoyed. It is time to head north for the summer. Prep has been steady through the spring. New Raymarine autopilot and chart plotter. Rewired the multiple onboard networks. Upgraded […]
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