2.28.2013

We intentionally skipped Cabo San Lucas the first time we came around the cape. With her reputation as a tourist party town, Cabo San lucas didn’t seem to be our cup of tea. As fate would have it, Gray Matter has been sitting at Marina Cabo San Lucas for the last three days, and potentially through next week. This is going to be our longest stay at dock.

The reason is that we wanted to equip Gray Matter with solar panels. The best option is to build a new bimini for the aft pilothouse and put the solar panels on top. We found out that the Cabo Yacht Center has the best expertise. So Cabo San Lucas, here we come.

The famous cape. Jetskis, charter boats, parachutes, it never rests.

Have you been dreaming about flying an US flag spinnaker?

95% boats here are sport-fishers. Surrounded by restaurants, bars, shopping malls — life is nonstop here.

How many people can a catamaran take?

Largest yacht we have seen on this trip, M/V Air — 81 meters. She is for chapter, anyone?

A tall ship providing interesting contrast with M/V Air.

Harley Davidson shop next to our dock, with one HD motorcycle on display — mostly a clothing store. If I were riding at Baja, I probably prefer this little orange beast over HD.

Mark made the hardest decision and sold his BMW HP2 before this trip. He was reliving the dream there.

After two months of remoteness at the sea of Cortez, we could handle some civilization.

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