Underway 13: Punta Pulpito to Bahia Concepcion/Baja mainland – 3/7 Motored through brief patchy fog and light & variable winds for 33 mi., E 5-10kt. Dropping to S less than 5kt., increasing in p.m. N 15-20kt. with 4’ N chop as we rounded Punta Concepcion. Anchored in 23.7’ off Playa Santispac in Bahia Concepcion at…
Underway 10: Puerto Ballandra/Isla Carmen to Punta Mangles/Baja mainland – 2/27 Engine gave no trouble on start; motored in 5-8kt light air out of Puerto Ballandra at 1015, N 20mi. past Isla Coronados to the new-to-us anchorage of Punta Mangles. Odd N swell of 1'-2' at 3 seconds was accompanied by no wind. However, by noon,…
Again with the recap. Underway 7: Puerto Escondido to Punta Colorada, SE Isla Carmen – 2/22 Couldn’t pass up a good weather forecast so left Pto. Escondido a day early for a short 15-mi. motor in light air to the SE side of Isla Carmen. Plan: explore a couple anchorages we’d not seen before. 2…
Here we go again with a recap of the posts that never posted while underway. Now, with better editing! More commentary! And pictures! Underway 4: Cazadero to Timbabichi on Baja Peninsula – 2/1 Motored 4.5 hrs. in light & variable N wind for 23 mi. Arrived 1300. Received a mayday at 1530 & by 1600 were…
Our clever plan for posting via satellite while underway, hasn't quite worked out yet. We posted, but sadly no text made it through to this here blog. We are college graduates so the problem will get resolved. Eventually. Meanwhile, here's what we've been trying to post for the past 2 months. Let us stumble back…
There I was, sifting through some old photos from our times cruising around the PacNW & BC from 1998 to 2007. Those pics sure took me back to some good times. Here I am, underway, during a typical February: And, here I am in April. That's Point Hudson in the background, and The Fox is…
You sometimes find really funny things when you get off your boat and explore the shore. Because occasionally, cruisers pull together "found items," transforming them into art. Like this artifact, found amongst the ruins of the salt works at Punta Salinas on Isla San Jose in the Sea of Cortez: Schnort. m
You can’t get tomato paste in Mexico – or at least the parts of Mexico I have been to. There are a lot of tomato products in the store, but they all seem to be “puree of tomato with a lot of salt added”. You can get canned tomatoes, but they are very expensive –…
Naming a boat is more difficult than you'd think. You want it to be a special name…a name unique to you…something that reflects your personality and background, but also suggests the romance, adventure and exotic locales that travel on the high seas offers. Additionally, it's better if the name you choose for your boat is easily…
La Paz’s malecon stretches for a couple of miles and is interspersed with many examples of fine bronze sculpture. A visitor may admire life-size renditions of manta rays, fishermen and the vaquita porpoise (the world’s smallest, native to the Sea of Cortez – and sadly, a species which may now be extinct). There are mermaid…