WEsailvídeo

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

20 de janeiro de 2021 · 19 min · 24K visualizações · Gulf of California

O que este vídeo aborda

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

Assistir no YouTube

Mais de WEsail

We Had to Abort the Passage | Sailing Fiji's Reef-Strewn Watersset. de 2026France to Fiji in 24 Hours | Back to Boat Lifeago. de 2026We Flew Halfway Around the World to Surprise My Family | Fiji to Franceago. de 202613 Knots, Big Seas & Dolphins at Sunset | Sailing Back to Fiji's Mainlandago. de 2026

De WEsail — veja o barco, a tripulação e cada vídeo analisado do canal.

The Sailing Directory Newsletter

Um e-mail com os melhores achados da frota — os momentos, barcos e histórias que valem o seu tempo de visualização. Insira seu endereço para receber sua própria cópia.

Reportar um problema