I have driven up and down hwy 1 for years, but this was the first time stopping by Coos bay. We loved it there! A quaint town in a bay full of anchored boats, next to the giant monolith belly of an ancient volcano.

It's really a special place.

https://i.imgur.com/oIaO6eW.jpg

We sailed down from BC Canada, and had to come into Coos bay due to a storm (40 knot gusts). We were sitting on the beach watching the craziness, and we had jump up and run due to a sneaker wave that came up hundreds of feet more further than the other waves! I have a video I should post.

https://i.imgur.com/dOj21Op.jpg

We are in a 1983 Hallberg-Rassy 352 named Trouble.

We purchased her in BC Canada as the pandemic started, and sailed her to SF bay. We left San Francisco August 24th and hopped down the coast. We are now in Bahia Tortuga, and we will be in La Paz by Christmas. Then north into the gulf.

No license is necessary, although you should be experienced. The Pacific can throw some shit at you.

Diesel mechanics are hard to come by south of Ensenada and north of La Paz. Parts are even harder, so you have to be self sufficient and carry as many spares of essentials as possible.

We've never come across Mexican navy.

PM me - I'm happy to answer any questions you have.

Here is our path since leaving SF.

https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/SV-Trouble/

There was a Norte happening at that time. I don't know what the conditions were in Rocky Point, but they were hitting 32 knots (36 mph) on the pacific side of Baja.

Source: I was 40 miles at sea when it hit. Zero out of ten stars. Would not recommend.