its been along time since I wrote anything on the blog. A lot of things have happened in 2009, including: Marianne’s Mom dieing – which caused me to spend the month of April alone in Guaymas. I delivered a Bayliner 40 with George from Mazatlan to Oxnard. This delivery was so fraught with calamities, breakdowns,…
It was 0200 on a dark and clear night in the Sea of Cortez – also known as the Gulf of California. We were motoring along at 1600 rpm in a 1985 40 foot O’Day sailboat making about 3 knots, the oil pressure was wavering between 7 and 15 pounds, (the engine was rated for…
We had about one week to really get everything done in Mazatlan after hurricane season officially ended there – on Nov 1 the rates doubled from $.27 to $.50 a foot. For October 2008, we spent about $200 running an 8000 BTU Home Depot AC unit 20 out of 24 hours. It's real hot in…
We stayed at various anchorages in the San Carlos area for about ten days, having crossed from Santa Rosalia – a 80 mile trip almost directly east across the sea. We came over here a bit earlier than planned and anchored out in what’s left of the Bahia San Carlos anchorage because our toilet busted.…
Puerto Escondido sits on the eastern lower third of the Baja peninsula, about 22 kilometers south of Loreto and about 175 miles north of La Paz, at 25 deg.48.4’N and 111 deg.18.1’ W. The port is a beautiful oval indentation in the coast, surrounded by high mountain peaks and lots of natural beauty, completely protected…
In 2006, during our last rainy Seattle winter, I often read about San Blas in Latitude 38. Several articles discussed, in both a positive and negative way, the activities of some fellow down there assisting cruisers. At that time, San Blas might as well been on the back side of the moon, for all I…
Cruiser Net Overload While I was finishing out my job in Seattle I heard a lot about cruiser nets from the publications I read. Web sites like CSBB and “Lectronic Latitude” were always referring to net this and net that – “we heard about it on the net“. What were these curious institutions formed by…
There we were a while back, sitting in the fine seats of Mazatlan’s Angela Peralta Theatre watching an outstanding flamenco performance by local talent.* Having recently watched an orchestra perform Mozart’s "Requiem," GB turns to me and remarks: "There’s no tuba in flamenco." I replied, "…" What would YOUR answer be? (1) "…Thank Gawd." (2) …