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Bahia Amortajada

May 1, 2013

This was a day stop between Isla San Francisco and San Evaristo. Bahia Amortajada is on the southern end of Isla San Jose, a much larger island to the north of Isla San Francisco. There is a mangrove lagoon that we drove the dinghy through.

Isla SF to San Evaristo
We departed Isla SF at 11:30 and arrived at San Evaristo at 17:36 with a 2 hour and 50-minute excursion at Bahia Amortajada

Logbook – May 1, 2013 (Isla San Francisco to Bahia Amortajada to San Evaristo)

Passage Log Highlights

    • 1130 Depart Isla SF
    • 1230 Arrive at Bahia Amortajada (Isla San Jose)

Daily Notes

    • Day Trip to Bahia Amortajada on Isla San Jose for a dinghy trip into the mangrove lagoon w/ sv’s Star Passage & Sweet Dreams
    • “Passage” to San Evaristo
Bahia Amortajada
The geography of the mangrove lagoon at Bahia Amortajada
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Isla Coyote (Isla Pardito) which is a very small, inhabited island in between San Francisco and San Jose
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Taken from the dinghy at the mouth of the mangrove lagoon
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Looking behind at the anchored boats and the other two crews (Star Passage and Sweet Dreams) following us in their dinghies
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The only bird we saw
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Sweet Dreams
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Navigating around the shallow spots (Star Passage and Sweet Dreams)
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The mangrove lagoon
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Finding our way
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The narrow mangrove channels opened up into a large lagoon separated from the sea of cortez by this wall of rocks
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Dinghies at rest
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Brenden gets distracted from building his rock tower
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The way back to the mangroves
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The rock wall
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Rock piling kept everyone busy
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Gina and Brenden
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Colton and Alex
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Tim won for tallest tower
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Enjoying exploring the Mangrove Lagoon
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Enjoying exploring the Mangrove Lagoon
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Star Passage
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We got smoked by SV Star Passage

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