Sea of Cortez Sailing Week

We really enjoyed Loreto Fest at Puerto Escondido (April 28-May 1). The volunteers from the Hidden Port Yacht Club put on a fantastic event, and the Fonatur staff from the marina (moorage field) were exceptional...ferrying cruisers from boat to docks in 25-30 knot winds, helping untie recalcitrant knots, rescuing dinghies (and their occupants) that had flipped, chasing down boats that were slipping their anchors, and carrying on the more mundane business of checking cruisers in and making sure the washing machines worked! Gracias a Constancia y su equipo!

But even though we were delayed in Puerto Escondido with a brisk north wind, it was soon time to return to La Paz, this time with a fleet of about 10 boats participating in the Sea of Cortez Sailing Week. Here we have Bill on Moontide, checking in as one of the fastest multihulls.

And Odyssey, one of the middle-fast monohulls.

We were small enough to share potlucks every night, from hors d'oeuvres on Talion to dinner on a four-catamaran-raft-up!