Crossing the Sea of Cortez

2/6/14  We woke at 2:30am and got ready to leave.  There was no moon and it was full dark so I fired up the radar.  On the way out the entrance there were a couple of pangas that I was picking up on the radar.  No way to see these guys as they run with no lights whatsoever.  We slowed and one of them started yelling Spanish.  Sure enough, with a strong light we found their milk jug floats holding up their nets running across the entrance just ahead.  A couple 360’s while they pulled them in enough for us to pass and we were on our way.  We kept close watch for more pangas until well offshore.  By mid-morning there was enough wind to sail and we made 5-6 knots for several hours.  By mid afternoon we needed to put some speed on to arrive in Bahia Conception before dark so we fired up the iron genoa and arrived just before 6pm.  About as easy a crossing as I have ever done.  The only sea life we saw was a large pod of dolphins a ways off and I saw 4-5 surface in our bow wake for about three breaths and they were gone.  We anchored, squared away the boat, had diner and pretty much crashed.  Cooper was insistent on going to the beach but we put him off till the next day.