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In May of this year we took a 1,000 mile trip in our 27' Stiletto
catamaran, "The African Queen" in the Sea of Cortez. We put the boat in
at a small fishing village in Sonora, Mexico called Puerto Lobos. The
village has no water or electricity and is located about 80 miles south
of the north end of the Cortez.
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We headed southwest, and the first 3 days were very slow going. Almost
no wind, but we finally got down to the Midriff Islands. From then on
things moved along real well.
Our first Port of Call was Santa
Rosalia, on the Baja. It is a great little traditional Mexican
city with a lot more vegetation than up in Sonora.
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Leaving Mulege, and headed to the Bay of Conception, we were overtaken by a
motoring Stella Mari also on their way to the Bay of Conception. It
is a well protected, beautiful 22 mile long bay with lots of islands.
From this point we headed home, back to San Marcos Island, where Mary
spotted a Dorado. I cast a fly to it and 35 minutes later we landed a
50" female Dorado (Mahi Mahi) and ate well for a week.
We stopped again in Santa Rosalia to restock supplies and followed the
Baja north to Punta San Miguel. While there I hooked and fought about a
135# Marlin on a flyrod for about 50 minutes. Got it up to the boat twice
before I snapped the line.
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Then it was on to Bahia de Los Angeles, another great little town.
Restocked again and headed for the north end of the Isla Angel de La
Guardia. An island 40 miles long, 12 miles wide and 4,700 feet high. The
north end is called Puerto Refugio. It's a breathtaking bay surrounded by
several small islands. Great snorkeling and spearfishing. I caught 35#
Yellowtail there on earlier trips to the island. We sail there quite a
bit.
We headed out at 5:00 in the morning for Lobos and arrived there at 1:00
that afternoon. We had an unbelievable 3 week trip. Lots of whales,
dolphin, seals, and best of all, almost no people. We saw only 2 sails up
on the whole trip.
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