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Sea of Cortez
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Thanks for the response, are high winds the norm in the winter ? Hi All I am chartering a boat out of La Paz Mexico at the end of February for a week of sailing and to get away from this -20 weather in Canada. Any tips or words of advice from any sailors who have been there ? I was there in December (leaving -30 behind in Calgary). Some hints: This web site might be useful: http://www.clubcruceros.org/index.htm Weather is available through a cruiers net that runs at 8:00 am on channel 22. Provisioning can be done in La Paz. I cannot remember the name of the market, but it was very modern. The harbour authorities will close the port if the wind exceeeds 25 knots. We were stuck for two days. One charter boat came in to drop off a crew member and could not leave. We anchored at Partidu. The winds picked up to 40 knots in the anchorage. We dragged twice on two anchors. (A first for me.) We stayed in anchorage for a day waiting for the wind to abate. We only got 1 and 1/2 days of sailing in on a 5 day charter. When we got back to the charter basethe port was closed again. I would go back. Enjoy the escape. Jack -- __________________________________________________ Jack Dale ISPA Yachtmaster Offshore Instructor CYA Advanced Cruising Instructor Director, Swiftsure Sailing Academy http://www.swiftsuresailing.com __________________________________________________ |
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