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Baja Report 11/2/03
Archive: Current Baja Report,
2/4/05,1/21/05,
1/6/05,
12/19/04,
12/1/04,
11/18/04,
10/11/04,
3/10/04,
2/16/04,
2/2/04,
1/20/04,
1/07/04,
12/17/03,
12/1/03,
11/14/03,
11/2/03,
10/16/03,
10/02/03,
3/4/03,
2/25/03,
2/11/03,
2/4/03,
1/28/03,
1/21/03,
1/14/03, 1/6/03,
12/30/02, 12/22/02,
12/10/02
This winter our man Gary Morris from Windance will be keep you
informed of the sailing conditions in La Ventana Baja.
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November 2, 2003 |
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Light Winds for Baja
Last year we were blessed by 16 days of
sailable wind here in La Ventana.
My official count of sailable (160 lb sailor with a
5.2 or smaller sail) days this October…one.
That’s right; it was windy on October 27.
However if you had a big board with a 7.0 to 8.5
sail, or a 12 to 20 meter kite you can add 10 days to your
time on the water in October.
Don’t feel sorry for us since the official season
doesn’t start until mid November; and as the bumper
sticker says, “There are no bad days in Baja”. The good news is that the hurricane season is coming to a
close and the weather has been spectacular. The light winds
have brought out the surf & boogie boards, mountain
& dirt bikes, masks & fins, and fishing poles.
The fishing has been great, but the catching is still
lagging behind past seasons, maybe the coming winter el
norte winds will bring the fish too.
People continue to arrive in camp and
report that other than some rough spots near Catavina and
south of Loretto, Mex 1 is in good shape.
I should mention that “good shape” on Mex 1 is
rated by Mexican standards…not US highway standards.
Two people who arrived last week on their first trip
to Baja questioned why I had rated the road good in one of
my earlier reports…they thought the road was
“terrible”. So
here are some pointers for anyone driving down here for the
first time. Mex
1 is 1000 miles long, connecting I-5 at the border to Cabo
San Lucas in the south.
There are two sections of freeway in Baja; the toll
road between the border and Ensenada, and near Cabo San
Lucas. The rest
is, at its best, a good secondary road by US standards.
It’s a 2 lane “Mexican” paved road that is
narrow with NO shoulders.
There will be some “pot holes” and rough sections
that may or may not be marked (mostly not).
You will be sharing the road with cows, horses, dogs,
slow vehicles, fast trucks, and faster buses.
Driving Mex 1 takes concentration, skill, nerve, and
a little luck. We
are visitors to a country that has a different culture,
economic standard, and outlook on living…which for most of
us is one of the reasons we love coming here.
So, slow down, don’t drive at night, and
relax…enjoy Baja. Happy sailing, Gary
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Gary and Nancy run the Windance Rental
& Demo Center in the summer,
and spend the winter in
Baja on the beach in La Ventana
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