Cabo San Lucas
Bahia Santa Maria to Cabo was only 180 miles and we made it in 25 hours. Though we had to motor for about half the trip. Cabo is quite the impressive sight from the sea. There are beautiful hotels and homes built on the beach and right into the rocky outcroppings. We anchored out at Cabo as the rate for a slip was nearly $200 per night. Cabo is a dollar driven sport fishing and tourist mecca. We walked through the glitzy waterfront and a few blocks into town and had really great tacos at a tiny stand. Susan had 4 tacos and a drink for about $5. On our walk back she had an ice cream at the waterfront for $6. That will give you a bit of an idea how the waterfront tourist versus regular mexico.


The anchorage in Cabo was quite unpleasant as the swells roll right into the harbor and there are jet skis and parachute boats and party boats going around and around. Therefore we left right after the Ha-Ha awards ceremony where Cooper was awarded the “Youngest Ha Ha er” award. His picture may appear in the next Lattitude or ‘lectronic latitude, which is available on the internet. Given the development of Hurricane Sergio, currently 5-600 miles south we decided to go directly to La Paz to watch it’s development.

Bahia Santa Maria
The passage from Turtle Bay to Bahia Santa Maria was 240 miles and took just under two days. We were about the 30th boat to reach the bay out of 164. I thought that was pretty good considering There were several 60-80 footers and some small race boats with large crews. As usual Wiz sails really well and comfortably.
We dropped anchor at about 10:00 pm and in the morning we were surprised and happy to see our friends Peter and Leigh on Marcy. We met Peter and Leigh two years ago on our trip around Vancouver Island. The water temperature is now 78 degrees so we are swimming!! There was another beach party and Cooper got several trips to the beach where he just loves to play in the surf, chasing and being chased by the waves. We chose to stay behind the fleet for a day and just relax in this beautiful bay. The following day with only 5 boats in the bay was relaxing. The next day Susan was feeling quite out of touch as we had been without phone or email for nearly two weeks so we left for Cabo.

Turtle Beach
After a 2-1/2 day 360 mile passage of good sailing we arrived at turtle bay. We had good winds nearly the entire passage and it was an easy though tiring trip. Rest is limited by the need to watch Cooper. When Cooper is awake watching him is more work than being on watch. Cooper thinks it’s fun to walk across the cabin when the boat is rolling and pitching. He is pretty good at it but we worry that he will take a flyer and crash into something, so we watch him pretty closely at sea. Night watches are more restful.

Turtle bay was a nice stop with a little village. We were able to send out a position report at the internet café. The keyboards in Mexico are a bit different and that surprised me. The Baha Ha Ha fleet put on a pot luck beach party which was a lot of fun. We saw a dingy do a perfect pitch pole coming through the surf. I’m sure the picture will appear in the next Lattitude 38. Cooper had a blast playing in the estuary that cut through the beach and ran into the surf. There are several other kids in the Ha Ha but they are all older. The locals seem intrigued by Cooper and like to have their kids say Hola and play with him. We ware in Turtle Bay for 2 days before leaving for Bahia Santa Maria