The Baja trip report

kenkurtis@aol.com (Ken Kurtis) wrote in message news:<20031021031837.02271.00001043@mb-m01.aol.com>...

> For those interested here's a link to the report and pictures of the trip I led
> to the Sea of Cortez (La Paz), October 5-12:
> http://www.reefseekers.com/Baja_2003.html
>
> If you just want to see the pix:
> http://www.reefseekers.com/PIXPAGES/.../Baja_2003.htm
>
> (And if you're interested in neither, simply don't click the link.)
>
> Ken Kurtis
> NAUI Instr. #5936
> Co-owner, Reef Seekers Dive Co.
> Beverly Hills, CA

LOL I haven't commented on the trip thus far. I was going to write up
a trip report but... :) Hey, your report says it all and y'all know
that I hate to write trip reports. Just following your links tells me
all I need to know. :)

At any rate, I'll add a few things. I was most impressed with Captain
Don Jose and his choice to move us where he thought we needed to be.
We were surrounded by 2 hurricanes. How many times are you faced with
2 hurricanes while you're on a liveaboard ?? He was dancing on the
seas. He knew it. He moved us to be safe. And he also moved us to get
some good diving in. You can't say a bad word about a Captain who does
that. I know he was worried at one point. I saw the look in his eyes
when he was watching the waves break over the rocks at one of our dive
sites. I know that he plotted out every move after that. And I know
that if he thought we couldn't make those seas, he'd had brought us
right back in. He is a good Captain...one of the best I've seen in my
humble experience.

The other thing that you didn't mention is that the boat itself is
pretty dang stable. We were in some rocking waters but the boat was
secure. There wasn't any way-ward sides motion or cressing of waves.
The boat was very sea-worthy.

Ok... that having been said, I'm still trying to talk my hub and my
friends into diving with y'all next year. They say... "We aren't doing
a Blackbeards on the Sea of Cortez." :PP They are spoiled brats.

They dont' know what they're missing Ken. I love diving that area with
you and I've not been dissappointed with what creatures we have seen.
Damn... the 200 cow rays that you and I saw under the boat was worth
the whole week this year !! Kevin found 2 frog fish. How lucky is
that ??!! The multitude of sea life we encounter on each dive there.
Yes. I love your store trip. It's planned to the inth. I show up and
that's all I need to do. Your shop (you) takes care of everything !!

This year was my second Sea of Cortez trip with you on the Don Jose. I
will be back next year, if you'll have me. Your trip is planned to
satisify the serious diver. 24 or 26 dives in one week... I'm there.