Ha. Well, I certainly wouldn't recommend following me! Plus I have the impression you, Jerry, have a lot more knowledge of the area, especially from the perspective of being in a little sailboat, than any guidebook. A guidebook just gives me a chance to study a little on my own. I am definitely liking the idea of making this trip, with or without a group. The group sounds fun in a lot of ways though the complications and compromises always go up with more people. These things sort of go up with the square of the number of people. What is the best way to stay up to date on what you are planning? The Tucson event in Bahia San Carlos on the mainland side of the gulf is interesting but would be a really long drive for me starting from the middle of California. Bahia de Los Angeles on the Baja penninsula looks good to me on the basis of a Google Earth review and is a lot closer than San Carlos. Crossing the gulf from Bahia de Los Angeles to the Kino area sounds cool but the Kino area doesn't look as interesting from Google Earth. Driving to Kino also looks like a long way and not a very interesting way for me. The drive to Bahia de Los Angeles on the other hand looks doable and interesting. Where does one arrange to safely leave ones vehicle and trailer at Bahia de Los Angeles? What are the launching conditions like there? The islands nearer Bahia de Los Angeles seem to have more anchorages than those on the Kino / mainland side (of course I haven't been there in real life) and it seems like a very nice few days could be spent in the area of Bahia de Los Angeles. Tyler mentions March and October being the best times on the Sear of Cortez. March is a bit fast for me, June is doable but not inside of Tyler's windows, October would work well. I guess I better be getting with Elliot Patteson for a storm jib and a second reef in my mainsail. David Grah Bishop California Montgomery 15 - Sky Message: 16 Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 21:03:25 -0800 From: "jerry montgomery" <jerry@jerrymontgomery.org> To: "David Grah" <d_b_grah@yahoo.com>, "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: M_Boats: Fw: Mexico Message-ID: <1C4B727155AF46A68BE411756B526A7B@jerryws10> Content-Type: text/plain; format="flowed"; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type="original" Good- we'll follow you! jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Grah" <d_b_grah@yahoo.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 11:36 AM Subject: M_Boats: Fw: Mexico Well now I have gone and bought a guide book to the Sea of Cortez! http://bluelatitudepress.com/bl_products_SOC.html ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: David Grah <d_b_grah@yahoo.com> To: "montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, February 3, 2014 8:34 AM Subject: Mexico I'd definitely be interested in a Mexico trip. June or October, with a slight preference for October. David Grah Bishop California Montgomery 15 - Sky Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2014 12:00:31 -0800 From: "jerry montgomery" <jerry@jerrymontgomery.org> To: "montgomery forum" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: M_Boats: Mexico? Message-ID: <AE4373D8866846779407BCD766BD14D5@jerryws10> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" If anybody in interested, I'm thinking about taking my Sage down to Mexico in June to float around for a week or so and would be happy to have some company. I'd go to the midriff area, probably launching either at Bahia De Los Angeles on the Baja Side and island hopping across, or the other way around, launching at Kino Bay. I've done this area several times but not for about 20 or 25 years and really enjoyed it and it's time I did it again before I get too old. No marinas, no gas stops, no nothing, but I always caught enough fish to feed an army. Usually light air but nobody but an idiot would go w/o a storm jib, need good ground tackle, lots of gas, water and sunscreen. A group of 6 or 8 would be perfect. jerry --