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Sailing the Baja; Great Fishing & Small Local Towns | Episode 88

20. januar 2021 · 19 min · 25K visninger · Gulf of California

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A sailing catamaran crew transits the Baja Peninsula, utilizing the marina in Santa Rosalia to avoid uncomfortable anchorage conditions during high winds.1:53 The town features historical copper mining ruins and a church designed by Gustave Eiffel.2:37 The crew travels by bus to Muleje, an oasis town in the Baja Desert known for its date palm groves and river.5:54 While sailing south toward La Paz, the crew maintains a strict fuel-conservation strategy, relying on an asymmetric spinnaker to increase speed from two knots to four or five knots in light air.9:52 During a downwind passage, the crew hooks a large rooster fish, noting that dropping the sails to slow the boat would have simplified the landing process.12:13 The crew also performs underwater hull cleaning to address rapid growth in the Sea of Cortez and encounters stinging jellyfish while snorkeling.16:18

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