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| Photo Gallery 12 |
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| Winter
2003 Northbound - Isla San Francisco to Bahia Conception |
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| Heading north from the islands close to La
Paz ,Espiritu Santos and Partida, we worked our way up the Baja coast.
This is a very pleasant stretch of coast since it has many anchorages, and
one can usually find a 15-30 mile leg between them. This makes for
pleasant daysails of a half day or so, a nice change from the mainland
coast where anchorages tend to be further apart. There are many
cruisers who stick to the middle and northern Sea of Cortez and never get
further south than La Paz because the cruising is so nice along this
coast. We stopped at several anchorages along the way north, but skipped the very popular Escondito so we could avoid having to travel 20 miles by road to Loreto to check in with the Port Captain. We worked our way north to Bahia Conception where we hung out for nearly a week enjoying the protected anchorages of Bahia Coyote. We then moved to Punta Chivato where we spent a night and a half, leaving about 3am for the crossing to San Carlos. Photos Archived: The high resolution photos originally linked to the thumbnails on this page have been archived to save space on our webserver. If you wish to view the full size version of any of these images please email us with a request. |
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"the hook" at the south end of Isla San Francisco we were treated to a
large school of dolphins leaping out of the water. |
 This
tiny rock of an island is Isla Coyote. Clinging to its slopes and
shores is the 2nd largest permanent settlement on any of islands of the
sea. |
 The
mountains rise straight from the sea along this section of coast near
Punta Nopolo. |
 On
the beach at Puerto el Gato lie the decomposing remains of a whale.
Quite an amazing smell, too. |
 Red
sandstones surround the Puerto el Gato anchorage. The sailing vessel
Oz is in the foreground. |
 The
village at Agua Verde lies on the flood plain amidst the trees behind the
beach. A few roofs are visible. |
 The
rock named "Solitaire" guards the entrance to Agua Verde. |
 A
typical fisherman's hut behind the beach at Puerto Ballandra. Rarely
would we see anyone in residence at these huts, but there were signs that
they were used occasionally. |
 A
couple of times a day we take the girls ashore for walkies. In the
afternoon Chris usually takes along their retrieving dummy (Mr. Bumper)
for some heavy swimming and fetching. |
 The
result of all that swimming is a couple of wet dogs returning to the boat
in Puerto Ballandra. |
 The
anchorage at San Juanico is marked by many fantastic rock formations. |
 On
the beach at San Juanico is a tree festooned with signs and objects left
by cruisers. |
 The
ground beneath the tree is littered with momentos carved in rocks or
created on board the boats. |
 Legacy
left a momento created from a piece of heavy nylon ribbon hanging in the
middle of the tree. |
 Playa
El Burro is the cruisers favorite anchorage in Bahia Conception because of
a good beach. |
 All
of the beaches in Bahia Conception are lined with RVs and palapa like
shelters for them. |
 We
were at El Burro for the 2nd annual bloodymary and pancake contest for
cruisers and RVers. |
 Chris
prepares his griddle for a batch of his cornmeal pancakes which despite
not winning any prizes were popular with diners. |
 John,
an Alaskan (wearing a recognizable Alaskan uniform), off of Priority One
cooks up flapjacks. |
 Diners,
possibly suffering from sampling too many bloody marys, relax near the
action. |
 Monty,
from Misty Sea, concentrates on creating the perfect cake to impress the
judges. |
 Michel
from Misty Sea works on sampling a few of the offerings from the griddles. |
 Quite
Priority and Mellisa raise sails at sundown getting ready for an overnight
crossing from Punta Chivato to San Carlos. |
 Black
dogs seek shade. Minnow hangs out in a shady spot on the crossing to
San Carlos. |
| Updated 11/14/2006 |
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