Scream

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Baja, México

Sailing down the West coast of Baja California Sur, México.

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Bahia Santa Maria

Scream spent two delightful nights at Bahia Santa Maria. The four mile wide by 11 mile long bay is in the lee of 382m tall Mount Lazario. A fleet of boats can tuck in directly behind the mountain in 30 feet, sand bottom. This location is well sheltered from Northerly or Westerly wind and swell. […]

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Isla San Martín

After our failed attempt to stop at Islas San Todos, due to a large aquaculture operation taking up most of the anchorage area, we decided to press on. There was a somewhat marginal anchorage about thirty miles to the south, so we revved up the engine in the light winds and tried to get there […]

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Learning
A Little Help From One's Friends

One of the things that never ceases to amaze me is how helpful cruisers are. Certainly, the Bluewater Cruising Association exemplifies this spirit, with its mission of helping folks who've lived the cruising life ("doners") connect with those who want to ("dreamers"). But we've found this desire to help each other outside of cruising clubs […]

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Cruising the US Pacific Coast

Scream spent about three months cruising the pacific coast of the US this fall. Here are some of our thoughts from that time: For someone accustomed to sailing in BC or Puget sound the first thing to notice is that the anchorages here suck. There are very few anchorages on the pacific coast of the […]

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Isla San Geronimo

We anchored at Isla San Geronimo. The anchorage is 30' in weed off the fishing camp on the south east side of the island. Approach from the east to avoid the reef extending from the south end of the island. Charlie suggests that San Geronimo is one of the better anchorages north of Turtle Bay. […]

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Ensenada

Scream arrived in Ensenada early Saturday morning. We got our departure papers done in downtown San Diego on Wednesday, but had them dated for Friday which allowed us to leave as late as Sunday. We didn't get all of our supplies on Wednesday, so we waited over the Thanksgiving holiday. On Friday we were told […]

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Fun
San Diego

After Dana Point, we stopped at Oceanside for a night, then anchored in Mission Bay the following night. Mission Bay was lovely - a free, protected anchorage just north of San Diego Bay. We would have happily stayed there a few days, but we were meeting Bob and Gay (the previous owners of Scream) in […]

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Dana Point

After leaving Catalina Island, we motored in glassy seas to Dana Point, a wealthy settlement on the mainland. We had an appointment with Outbound Yacht Services to get a Spectra Ventura 150 MPC (more about that in another post) installed, so we were headed to the docks at Dana Point to get that done. Our […]

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Santa Catalina Island

Scream arrived on Catalina after an unpleasant trip from Santa Barbara (city). To our joy, we entered the calm and shallow Emerald Bay. Utterly confused by the semi-private mooring system (more below) we anchored in the south entrance of the bay. Emerald Bay has clear green water and a sandy bottom. We saw our anchor […]

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