Just 2 day-sails from Cabo, we found a little bit of paradise in Bahia de las Muertos.  We anchored with around 10 other boats in warm, crystal clear water where you can watch your anchor drop to the sandy bottom 30’ below.  This is a fairly remote area of the Baha peninsula and has just 1 restaurant and a small resort.  The snorkeling was great, the food fantastic, and we were among friends from the Baja Ha Ha rally (“kid” boats as well as boats from Seattle), so we decided to spend some extra days since we were in no hurry to go anywhere.  The white-sand beach with big dunes provided an afternoon of relaxation and fun for the kids.

Fishing—So far we haven’t had too much luck fishing.  Aside from an Albacore Tuna off Oregon, a Striped Bass off Catalina Island, a Skipjack Tuna in Mexico, and a Needle Fish that happened to land on deck, fishing has been a challenging experience.  Determined to change our luck, I rigged up 2 more hand lines so that I towed 3 lines–2 with squid lures and 1 with a cedar plug, and then even brought out a rod and reel with another lure.  We trolled with this setup from Cabo to Bahia Friars, a 45 mile sail.  When we pulled into the small bay at night, it was very dark and was already packed full of boats.  Our minds were occupied with figuring out where to anchor, a big challenge at night, and we forgot to bring in the fishing lines.  As I was backing down on the anchor with 100’ chain out, one of the fishing hand lines got fouled in the propeller!  Since we were pretty sure we would hold for the night, I waited for morning to dive down and cut the line away from the shaft.  I used the Hooka diving gear so it was actually fun (plus the water was 80 degrees)!