It’s time to pack up and head north.  Wednesday and Thursday were the only windy days this week, and with only a few campers left on the beach in the RV Park, there were only three sailors on the water.  March has been less windy than most years, but there were still some great days

For the past two months La Ventana sailors have been putting the Panther to the test on the Sea of Cortez.  They’re a group of windsurfers I call the Baja Test Crew.  They call La Ventana, in southern Baja, home for several months each winter.  The winter wind, waves, and swells are their personal playground. 

All the forecasters are calling for a major Norte developing in the Sea of Cortez this week.  Thursday’s forecast is for winds to 31 knots and seas 3-4 meters, which should satisfy sailors after last weeks’ cloudy skies and light winds.  The sub-tropical jet stream served up 3 days of overcast skies and 4 drops

We’re enjoying a few days of rest after a couple of weeks of great wind here in La Ventana.  Last week was 4.2 to 4.7 with big swells from several days of Norte winds.  The Norte also created perfect conditions for the Lord of the Wind contest in Los Barriles 35 miles south of us,

Mother Nature was not kind to Baja in the wind department the last half of December, with only 1 or 2 days of sailing a week.  The record rain storms that slammed southern California cut-off the normal winter pattern of north winds in the Sea of Cortez.  Windsurfers who came down for a sailing Christmas

The weather models had been predicting for a week that Tuesday Nov. 30 would see winds of 30 knots and seas to 9 feet; so the anticipation and stoke had been building for days.  Monday afternoon the wind came up and gave us a beautiful 4.7 day.  The wind usually starts to fall off by

If you are in the La Ventana area on Thursday morning, I’ll be doing an Ezzy Clinic at 11 am (or after the volleyball game) on the beach.  I’ll be covering rigging and tuning of all Ezzy sails, plus you can check out the new 2011 Panther 3. After a surprise 4.2 day yesterday, looks

We arrived in La Ventana in mid October after a safe trip from the Gorge.  .  The problems in the northern border regions of Mexico have been well documented in the press on both sides of the border.  Fortunately the Baja peninsula south of the Tijuana/Ensenada area has presented few problems for visitors.  Since getting out

As another summer season comes to an end, I’m thinking about what made it memorable?  First on the list has to be the wind…simply put this was a very windy summer.  The few expected hot spells that lasted only a couple of days, provided sailors a little rest from the classic Gorge winds that were

I’ll be at Doug’s Beach for demos on Saturday Sept. 4, so come out and take a new Panther out for a trial.  I will also be at Windance in Hood River on Sunday and Monday mornings to answer any and all Ezzy questions.  Hope to see you this weekend, Gary Demo an Ezzy and