2.28.2013

We intentionally skipped Cabo San Lucas the first time we came around the cape. With her reputation as a tourist party town, Cabo San lucas didn’t seem to be our cup of tea. As fate would have it, Gray Matter has been sitting at Marina Cabo San Lucas for the last three days, and potentially through next week. This is going to be our longest stay at dock.

The reason is that we wanted to equip Gray Matter with solar panels. The best option is to build a new bimini for the aft pilothouse and put the solar panels on top. We found out that the Cabo Yacht Center has the best expertise. So Cabo San Lucas, here we come.

The famous cape. Jetskis, charter boats, parachutes, it never rests.

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2.7.2013 6:00pm

We enjoyed the hospitality from Dave and Bobbi so much that we invited them for a small outing on Gray Matter. Bobbi told me that they have never been to the north portion of the sea, the Midriff islands, the most remote and mysterious islands in the Sea of Cortez. I looked up on the guide book, Punta San Francisquito, an anchorage close to Midriff regions, has an airstrip. As Dave and Bobbi are both private pilots and have their plane here, a perfect plan is taking shape — We can run Gray Matter up to Punta San Francisquito, pick up Dave and Bobbi from their plane, and then enjoy 3 days cruising around Midriff together. I never thought we’d make that far north into the Sea of Cortez, but here we go.

We visited Isla Tiburon, the biggest island in Mexico, and then another day at Isla Salsipuedes. It is significantly colder up here, especially water temperature dropped to barely above 60F. Lucky for me, Bobbi loves to jump into the water, just like me. So the two girls jumped in for snorkeling and hunting. We harvested mussels, rock scallops and sea snails. Mark also did good on fishing — he traded four freshly-caught cabrilla from the local fishermen with four cokes. We enjoyed seafood dinner every night.

The tip of Isla Salsipuedes.

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