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Minnow
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Fish, ignore Banco. Everyone else here does. He/she/it, has nothing to contribute, only negative nit picking. Not worth a second though. Live your
dream, make your adventure.
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baitcast
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Just messing
with you fishbuck,If you got the time go for it,do alot of of research,as far as the westerlys go can be very scary,been in two a short one in
gonzaga,and spent the better part of a night on the back side of smith at bola waiting one out,chubasco,s out of the south and westerlys are just that
out of the mountains to the west,come up in a matter of min,s,you don,t want to be out in the mid-channel in one of those things,one more thing you
can see chubasco,s coming.......not so with a westerly,enough,sounds like fun.
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bancoduo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Minnow
Fish, ignore Banco. Everyone else here does. He/she/it, has nothing to contribute, only negative nit picking. Not worth a second though. Live your
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Evidently; you never sailed Cabo to S.Calif. at that time of year "little
fish". It also has nothing to do with hurricanes. There can also be a winter Gulf westerly that can be quite treacherous.
FISHBUCK
Just by the nature of your questions makes me think you don't have a whole lot of ocean experience. So I really don't think that a bunch of
unknowledgeable ******** should be telling you to go for it.
[Edited on 5-10-2007 by bancoduo]
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fishbuck
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bancoduo
| Quote: | Originally posted by Minnow
Fish, ignore Banco. Everyone else here does. He/she/it, has nothing to contribute, only negative nit picking. Not worth a second though. Live your
dream, make your adventure. |
FISHBUCK
Just by the nature of your questions makes me think you don't have a whole lot of ocean experience.
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After reading a little about Corlos Fiesta I know that he had almost no ocean experience. He made it.
I actually have about 100 days off sea time. I've sailed as a deckhand on a 90 schooner ( Spike Afica) from San Diego as far as Marina Del Rey. Also,
I worked for the Boy Scouts as a deckhand on their boat Argus for a whole summer with several week long trips to Catalina. A couple of power boat
trips where I was captain and many partyboat fishing trips to the islands and off shore.
But I still don't consider that much experience.
Two formal small boat sailing classes with Orange Coast College.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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DENNIS
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Spike Africa? Was that when Bob Sloan had it?
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fishbuck
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Spike Africa? Was that when Bob Sloan had it? |
No Monika Sloan his wife. She inherited it after he died and ran it as a charter boat for several years. She finlly sold it after she married a rich
Newport doctor.
The boat runs chaters out of San Diego last I heard.
I had alot of fun sailing that boat.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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Juan del Rio
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Carlos Fiesta...
My friend, Carlos Fiesta (aka Chuck Chambers), did the entire Baja Peninsula from San Pedro to the mouth of the Colorado River. I' sure he would love
to talk to you about your adventure! Email him at: carlosfiesta@hotmail.com He loves to talk Baja!!!
He is a great guy. I have known him since High School and can tell you he has not changed at all. He has driven all over the Baja Peninsula for the
past 30 years and many trips by private plane as a pilot/small aircaft owner. I can also vouch that he had no prior sea/ocean experience other than
one trip around the Palos Verdes Peninsula wth me and a few houseboat trips to Lake Mead/Powell and oh yeah, he hates to work on mechanical
things...leaves it to the pros. He found a 19' Fijian Panga with a used 40hp motor, loaded it up with a lot of 5 gallon gas cans, an inflatable boat,
sleeping pad/bag, a small amout of food (I'm not sure if he took tools), a new AAA Baja Map and one month experience with a new GPS. A little over 30
days from taking off from San Pedro, our friend, Dave Dennis, picked him up with a boat trailer in San Felipe after he had reached the mouth of the
Colorado River. The Panga now resides at Juan y Juan's in San Juanico and is still used for fishing and an occasional surfing expedition to the secret
surf spot. Carlos has not been back on the boat since. Go figure.
[Edited on 5-10-2007 by Juan del Rio]
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DENNIS
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Thanks for the update. I knew Bob and that he had passed. Too bad.
By the way.......Are there any poor doctors in Newport?
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fishbuck
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Here's photo of Spike at anchor:
ln01b_b.jpg
Address:http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/dailypix/2004/Dec/20/ln01b_b.jpg
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
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cardo7
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Thanks for the update. I knew Bob and that he had passed. Too bad.
By the way.......Are there any poor doctors in Newport? |
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juan del rio
"The Panga now resides at Juan y Juan's in San Juanico and is still used for fishing and an occasional surfing expedition to the secret surf spot.
Carlos has not been back on the boat since. Go figure."
Was that secret spot Punta Santa Domingo?
Tom Merrill
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fishbuck
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Here's a photo of Spike under full sail. With a strong wind this was alot of fun. It's a heavy boat made for open ocean so it needed alot of wind to
really get moving.
Untitled Document
Address:http://www.filmboats.com/classic/largeimage.html/Spikeafr.html
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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fishbuck
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
By the way.......Are there any poor doctors in Newport? |
I think some are just richer than others.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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Packoderm
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As far as looking for something glorious like a very unique Baja adventure, I salute your spirit. Carlos Fiesta's story captured my imagination.
How about kayaking the length of the Colorado river and portaging around the dams and the dry area? Then continue on down to CSL.
Maybe the adventure could involve a bicycle as well for the dry portion of the Colorado?
[Edited on 07/17/2004 by Packoderm]
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Skeet/Loreto
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Fishbuck;
When you go on your Adventure, go with as much Knowledge as you can get- Go for the Adventure!!!
Some suggestions to Help<
Find out what it means "When you Hear Thunder and see no Clouds "Head to the nearest Beach!!!
Find out what a "Whip Storm " is and the Conditions causing that Storm and the Area and time it Occurs.
Find out the Actions of the Birds in the Sea Of Cortez when a Low Pressure Storm is occurring in the Area.
Find a Copy of the "Baja Sea Guide" read it!!
Learn to speak Spanish- Slang Spanish that is!
Repect the Mexican People you meet on your trip; Do not condem them for Catching Fish to sell and make a Living to support their Way of Life.
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Crusoe
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Fishbuck......Alot of brave and calculating adventures have been pulled off by lots of people. We are lucky when they write about their adventures and
share them with us......Some great reads are by a man named Web Childs from San Diego. He sailed a Drascombe Longboat(22' open boat) across the
Pacific to Aistralia then through the Torres Straights and accoss th Indian Ocean up into the Red Sea.The book is full of alot of good info. on
surviving-fishing alone at sea. He was living in San Diego the last I heard 10 years ago. I dont know if he is still alive or not......Another person
who has written books and articles is a man named Ed Gillette. He too is from San Diego and ran a business -Eco Marine- and a Baja guide service
there.He paddled a Kayak across the Pacific to Hawai from San Diego. Also many Mexican adventures.Good techniques in his book also...... Also a book
still in print titled "Alone at Sea" by a German doctor a Hans Linderman who first crossed the Atlanic in 1907 singlehanded in a Klepper wood frame
Kayak (almost the same boat available today from them) is a great inspireing read.I think in the most amazing " Is all been done " department....is of
a life gaurd (again a man from San Diego) paddled a surf board south along the Pacific west coast from Vancouver Island to San Diego. He had a land
based support group and slept on beaches occasinaly to support him. Quite a feat...... And lastly.......The man who is the name sake of the vessell
you sail on, Spike Africa, he never wrote anything. I knew him fairly well and can vouch for the fact that he had more stories than I can even begin
to rtemember. All good and true and WILD!!!!! Good luck and watchout for those westerlies!!!!! ++C++
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Minnow
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Crusoe, excellent post.
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bajalera
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Chubascos don't hit you suddenly and without warning, the sky is cloudy for some days before they arrive.
That sudden one sounds more like what Skeet called a "whip storm." A cordonazo de San Francisco--a lash from the belt of St. Francis of Assisi--so
called because these storms are likely to arrive around the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi [sometime in October, I think]. Said to be reallyl
nasty if you get whipped by it while on a boat in the Gulf.
SKEETER! Where ya been hidin' out, Ol' Darlin' ?
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Go for it. Any adventure beats the heck out of being the victim of mold,
indecision or fear. If you're going down, go down swinging.
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fishbuck
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Well, I'll need to hold off on the boat trip for a while. The Gregor Baja 17 is like $7000 new and I couldn't find any used ones. A 25 hp Yamaha 2
stroke was a good deal at about $2300.
I picked that boat and motor because that's about the biggest truck top boat. Probaly ten grand + for the whole setup.
I'm not giving up just gotta think it through some more.
In the short term I think I'll do some flying this weekend and see if I can put together a little trip to Ensenada and then down to my runway at San
Quintin. Hopfully the wind will die down a little.
If I have time (and money) I may try to make it to Punta San Fransquito and maybe Shari's place in Asencion.
That ought to satisfy my adventure needs for a little while.
Anyone want to go?
[Edited on 5-11-2007 by fishbuck]
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
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