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BajaBlanca
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Amazing adventure sailing to Baja
I happened to find this author mentioned on the La Paz Gringo site and boy....the reading had Les and I laughing til tears were rolling down my face!
Turns out they are living in La Paz and tomorrow, we are going to try and meet up.
Get ready for some wonderful adventures, I logged onto this portion of the writing because it takes place in our part of Baja, Punta Abreojos. But
there is much, much more.
http://www.pennwallace.com/disaster-at-sea-2012.html
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willyAirstream
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Thanks Blanca. Just read about their ship going aground, totally engaging. I will be following their adventures.
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An interesting read....but a bit of whining about Mexico before the fishermen put themselves at risk saving their burros and boat.
I hope they are a bit humbled by the "low tech" success of the good folks of Abreojos...
Don't believe everything you think....
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LancairDriver
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Good on the Mexican rescuers. They really did hang it out there for them.
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shari
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They werent the first to hit that nasty pinnacle rock offshore...nor are they the last! It's not called Abreojos...open your eyes...for nothing...good
read.
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Excellent read, Blanca! Thanks for sharing!!!
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We met up with Penn and Dawn today! They are delightful. And guess what? In October they are driving up to San Diego (leaving the boat in La Paz)
and they will be stopping by and staying with us in La Bocana as well as taking donations to Abreojos.
They had nothing but kind words to say about Abreojans. My favorite lines are: the Mexican navy is coming to save us! You must be kidding me! And
the remark that the charts were all off! How is this possible in this day and age? And the overstuffed tamale is right on.....overweight divers
squeezing i to wetauits, you gotta see it to believe it.
I heard yarns about his dad and he going fishing together and at 8 his dad decided he was old enough and savvy enough to be his crew commercial
fishing for albacore and the accident they had ... A doozy of an accident. He wrote a book about it and I will buy it soon. White Water and me or
something to that effect.
There are lots of more stories on his blog, I hope you found them. Years of stories. Feathers, look for the dog stories! You will love them!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
There are lots of more stories on his blog, I hope you found them. Years of stories. Feathers, look for the dog stories! You will love them!
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Will do!
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How far out is this rock? Where abouts is it?
Hard to believe it was really 10 foot waves. I don't think a panga could go in 10 foot waves or they could even get of the boat in those conditions.
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I have been up and down that coast a few times. The area is quite well charted and all of the cruising books warn you about the hazards. As the writer
said, he blew it. We all make mistakes. I have in the past. I will in the future. But not there!!
There are a half a dozen places on that coast where you just need to stay out ten miles and always know where you are. And know by two independent
means, be they GPS, radar, plots or a really good D.R.
I spent a long night hove to a bit South of there and it was sooo comforting to be on the offshore tack!
By the way, the tow boat skipper was coming from the correct direction. No matter which way you are going, you enter the bay from the South. People
who cut the corner Southbound get smacked or frightened fairly regularly.
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Boats
Any Fool can buy a boat !!! and any Fool can hit a reef !! what a hell of a way to learn!!!
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Really an interesting read. Wow, some money spent on the trip! Hope to read more.
[Edited on 5-22-2014 by bacquito]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by captkw
Any Fool can buy a boat !!! and any Fool can hit a reef !! what a hell of a way to learn!!! |
true. but even fools have the right to have fun. and everybody needs to learn somehow. just do it!
couple suggestions for the newbies:
never hug the coast, better to cruise far off shore so minor navigation errors are non-issue
never leave the helm unattended and go below when you are under way and close to hazard!  
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I fell asleep on the couch reading their blog last night...not because it was boring but because it was so engaging that I didn't want to stop reading
it until it was waaaay past my bed time! Good read!
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BajaBlanca
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I just kindled the book BLUE WATER AND ME and so far, it is a tale that you don't want to stop reading. Thank goodness we are in La Bocana and I have
all the time in the world to read!
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willyAirstream
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Link to the book here, Amazon Kindle
http://tinyurl.com/q3f2ddq
[Edited on 5-23-2014 by willyAirstream]
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I remember these peple and when it happened. Comedy of errors.
Too bad he could not get any of the names right...Except for the gringo Danny, who tried to help. Rigo was the Diver. I don't dare tell him what
they said about Him.
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Bought it...one click....Thanks Richard
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
I happened to find this author mentioned on the La Paz Gringo site and boy....the reading had Les and I laughing til tears were rolling down my face!
Turns out they are living in La Paz and tomorrow, we are going to try and meet up.
Get ready for some wonderful adventures, I logged onto this portion of the writing because it takes place in our part of Baja, Punta Abreojos. But
there is much, much more.
http://www.pennwallace.com/disaster-at-sea-2012.html |
Blanca, I did not think that the attempts at comedy at the expense of Mexicans, especially the fisherman of Abreojos, was really that hilarious. On
top of that, Their take on things has many omissions, mostly of how much they were idiots!
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BajaBlanca
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Well, Penn is half Mexican! His mom was Mexican and his dad Scottish. What a combo.
And I think, myself, that his take on the situation was part of the charm.
He thought the Mexican navy based in Punta Abreojos was coming to save them....oh what a good laugh we had.
Bottom line, He makes just as much fun of himself. He really does.
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