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We are anchored at Agua Verde in the Sea. of Cortez. It was about a three and a half passage, a motor sail from Los Gotsa (which means "green water"). We had the main up full with 8-9 knot apparent wind which went to one knot by the time we got close. It did give us a decent push though for a good part of the passage. We did 5.5 knots at just 2100 rpm, saving fuel and it was really comfortable....

May 2024 - Chip & Debbie anchored at San Evaristo South side, BCS (Baja), Mexico And now we are anchored at San Evaristo because supposedly some southerly and SW winds tonight and this will afford us protection. There are seven sail boats here now. We plan on going ashore for some tacos etc later at Lupè and Maggi`s , the only restaurant here. We are anchored in about 11 ft of water. 81 degrees...

s/v Elegant'sea ⛵ Chip & Debbie 💑 in Marina Costa Baja 🏖, La Paz, BCS (Baja), Mexico 🇲🇽 We were getting ready to back out of our slip-on April 21, 2024 (Sunday morning), warming up our Beta 38hp engine and I was turning the wheel. Debbie and I were hearing a clunking sound as we turned the wheel to port. That, we decided, was not good and needed further investigation. So scrap plans for going c...

We tested the Jabsco Hydro Air bilge pump sensorby putting fresh water in the bilge from our garden hose from the dock box. It seemed it was a bit more than one inch of water but it is hard to tell and not that big of a deal for us. It did fire off the bilge pump and then stop ater it pumped out most of the water. It passed our test for us. We have gotten our new Jabsco Hydro Air bilge pump sen...

We have some Marina neighbors - Nicole and Marc on s/v Carefree - who are kiters and they took us with them on Thursday to La Ventana as the conditions were supposed to be very good. And they were! La Ventana is a large bay across from Jacques Cousteau Island (aka Ceravalo Island). People come from all over to have fun in the wind - sail boarding, inflatable paddle boards with wings, foiling, e...

December 2022 W e took the dinghy into the canal to Cabo Blanco Hotel where we stopped and checked out the pickleball courts and games. Got a "T" shirt and watched some play (I am still recovering from a broken toe so couldn't play ourselves) Then we walked down to the Barrio where there is a school and also pickleball courts there, six of them also. They are not near as nice but a good crowd o...

December 2022 W e took the dinghy into the canal to Cabo Blanco Hotel where we stopped and checked out the pickleball courts and games. Got a "T" shirt and watched some play (I am still recovering from a broken toe so couldn't play ourselves) Then we walked down to the Barrio where there is a school and also pickleball courts there, six of them also. They are not near as nice but a good crowd o...

s/v Elegant'sea ⛵ Chip & Debbie 💑 in Marina Costa Baja, La Paz, BCS (Baja), Mexico Today is Thanksgiving and we sailed, motor sailed from La Paz to Puerto Ballena and we anchored at Laraza. The conditions were great as we also left at daybreak. One other sail boat here. We anchored in 20 feet at Shawn and Heather's guide book mark. This is about the first time the guid book spot was ever clear ...

s/v Elegant'sea ⛵ Chip & Debbie 💑 in Marina Costa Baja, La Paz, BCS (Baja), Mexico We spent two days and two nights anchored at Puerto Balandra. The second day was beautiful and there was some coming and going of boats in the afternoon. It was quite enjoyable. We were the only boat there the second night. This was a shake down cruising for us to test out our batteries, solar charging as our bat...

s/v Elegant'sea ⛵ Chip & Debbie 💑 in Marina Costa Baja, La Paz, BCS (Baja), Mexico Our first outing from Marina Costa Baja was to Puerto Balandra. We will be spending a couple days here. We had 20 knots on the nose apparent and some spray in the cockpit but it was still a comfortable couple hour passage. A bit rollie in the anchorage but we have our flopper stopper out. Water is great, clear an...

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