by sailingwithbloom | Dec 31, 2016 | Cruising in Mexico, Families on Boats, Living Aboard
After three nights in Bahia Santa Maria, a 3-day weather window opened up to continue our journey south. The only other anchorage between Bahia Santa Maria Cabo San Lucas is Magdalena Bay, which was about 20 nautical miles away. Mag Bay has the option of getting fuel...
by sailingwithbloom | Dec 31, 2016 | Cruising in Mexico, Families on Boats, Sailing
We were planning to stop and spend a little time at each of the anchorages between Bahia Tortugas and Cabo (Asuncion, Abreojos, Hipolito, San Juanico, Bahia Santa Maria, Mag Bay) but after 5 days at Turtle Bay, the last few where it was blowing hard, we were a bit...
by sailingwithbloom | Nov 28, 2016 | Cruising in Mexico, Families on Boats, Land Adventures, Sailing, Sailing the Pacific Coast
Definitely not a passage you would want to do at night, the voyage to Bahia de Tortugas (Turtle Bay) was choppy and the seas were confused and FULL of lobster pots. The entire Keller Channel was littered with lobster pots. So much that all three of us had to be on the...
by sailingwithbloom | Nov 18, 2016 | Cruising in Mexico, Families on Boats, Sailing, Sailing the Pacific Coast
We left Ensenada Nov 18th with another ‘family boat’, sv Dakota. We were all bound for Cabo San Quintin (pronounced ‘KEEN-TEEN’), which is about 100 nautical miles south of Ensenada. We decided a night sail would be the best option so that we...
by sailingwithbloom | Nov 18, 2016 | Cruising in Mexico, Families on Boats, Land Adventures, Living Aboard
Initially, we were going to do a night sail from San Diego to Ensenada. It is about 60 nautical miles and with the days shortening and the recent time change for daylight savings time, we knew it would be impossible to do the entire trip during the daylight hours. So,...