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Hurry up and…
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It’s hot out here today, and we know we’re only just getting started. The last couple of days have seen quite the variety of conditions here aboard Flyer. Rounding Cabo was boisterous. Decent following seas and a fresh 25-30 knot northwesterly breeze meant we were making good time…
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Fish of a Lifetime
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I’ve been waiting five and a half months to catch a Mahi Mahi, and the first day at sea we hooked up to a 20lb, 3.5’ long cow Mahi! We were trolling a 4” cedar plug on a handline around 100’ behind Flyer, and a blue chugger with…
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A Big Jump
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Apologies from the Flyer crew for letting this blog slide a bit over the past couple of months. Rest assured we have found ourselves busy, enjoying the cruising in the Sea of Cortez, as well as making a big trip to visit some family (while still on the…
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Islas San Benito, Isla Cedros, and Bahia de Tortugas
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Our hope for traveling down the west coast of Baja was to experience some of the more remote parts of Mexico, and Islas San Benito are about as remote as one can find on (or near) the Baja peninsula. The three small islands that make up Islas San…
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Ensenada to Islas San Benito
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While we loved the tacos and new friends in Ensenada, we were eager to get back out to sea again to begin poking around some of the more remote parts of Baja. We delayed our scheduled departure from the marina in Ensenada by two days to be sure…
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¡Bienvenido a México!
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We really let this blog languish while we spent a couple happy months sailing 775 miles down the west coast of Baja, around the tip of the peninsula into the Sea of Cortez, north 200 miles to Agua Verde for Christmas, and south again to La Paz. We’ll…