July 19, 1997-Staying at the Ramada
We’ve been sailing back and forth across the Sea of Cortez, and now we are back on the Baja side, and have moved a little north of Loretto, to a very small cove called Caleta Ramada.
We had a great sail here from Coronado Island where we spent the night on the west side of that island after moving there just before dark from the south side where we first anchored. We both had been nervous at dinner about the sky and the SE breeze which came up and even though it was late and touch and go to move through the channel at that time (just about dark) we did and boy were we glad. All night there were gusty southeasterly winds and lightning off in the distance. Our new location was protected from the prevailing wind whereas the first location would have been nasty, very nasty. Good call.
Anyhow, our sail from there to here was in the left over wind from the night's storm and we used the spinnaker the whole way, mostly uneventful except for one 24 knot gust on the beam right as we came out from behind the island which knocked us fairly down and caused about 10 seconds of panic as we bore off, eased sheets and got back under control. The wind gods just smacked us once in passing to notify us who is boss. All the stuff fell off the chart table and a few other places which reminded us to stow things better.
Anchored in the Sea of Cortez
When we got here we took naps and then went into the beach with the dingy to burn paper garbage and to clean the dingy bottom. Sea weed and barnacles grow on the dingy so fast we need to turn it over and clean it about every two weeks. This is a hot and messy job, so we stop and go for a swim about every 5 minutes while we are working on the dingy.
Caleta Ramada is near a popular bay called San Juanico, but we have heard from several boats that San Juanico can get a lot of wave action, which makes it rolly and hard to sleep, or do anything actually, so we skipped San Juanico and came to Ramada. It is a calm anchorage and absolutely stunning to look at with clear water, white sand beaches and a beautiful view of the Sea further north. In the distance is a high rock called Punta Pulpito, about eight miles, and one island, Isla San Ildefonso. The sky is flawlessly clear and blue, and the sun, of course, is brilliant. There is one other boat here, Far Niente, with our friends Joanne and Carl, and little other sign of human life anywhere. No houses, no pangas, no jet airplanes overhead, no lights at night except the millions of stars. We'll probably stay for a couple of days, but maybe we should stay here for a couple of years.
Well, that’s all for now, just another boring report from paradise.
Fred & Judy, SV WINGS, Mexico
We had a great sail here from Coronado Island where we spent the night on the west side of that island after moving there just before dark from the south side where we first anchored. We both had been nervous at dinner about the sky and the SE breeze which came up and even though it was late and touch and go to move through the channel at that time (just about dark) we did and boy were we glad. All night there were gusty southeasterly winds and lightning off in the distance. Our new location was protected from the prevailing wind whereas the first location would have been nasty, very nasty. Good call.
Anyhow, our sail from there to here was in the left over wind from the night's storm and we used the spinnaker the whole way, mostly uneventful except for one 24 knot gust on the beam right as we came out from behind the island which knocked us fairly down and caused about 10 seconds of panic as we bore off, eased sheets and got back under control. The wind gods just smacked us once in passing to notify us who is boss. All the stuff fell off the chart table and a few other places which reminded us to stow things better.
Anchored in the Sea of Cortez
When we got here we took naps and then went into the beach with the dingy to burn paper garbage and to clean the dingy bottom. Sea weed and barnacles grow on the dingy so fast we need to turn it over and clean it about every two weeks. This is a hot and messy job, so we stop and go for a swim about every 5 minutes while we are working on the dingy.
Caleta Ramada is near a popular bay called San Juanico, but we have heard from several boats that San Juanico can get a lot of wave action, which makes it rolly and hard to sleep, or do anything actually, so we skipped San Juanico and came to Ramada. It is a calm anchorage and absolutely stunning to look at with clear water, white sand beaches and a beautiful view of the Sea further north. In the distance is a high rock called Punta Pulpito, about eight miles, and one island, Isla San Ildefonso. The sky is flawlessly clear and blue, and the sun, of course, is brilliant. There is one other boat here, Far Niente, with our friends Joanne and Carl, and little other sign of human life anywhere. No houses, no pangas, no jet airplanes overhead, no lights at night except the millions of stars. We'll probably stay for a couple of days, but maybe we should stay here for a couple of years.
Well, that’s all for now, just another boring report from paradise.
Fred & Judy, SV WINGS, Mexico
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