The visit to El Paso in July was good – the summer rains had arrived so temps were about 5-10 degrees cooler than Phoenix – what wasn’t to like? My sister very kindly took us everywhere we needed to go for boat-supply-procurement and other errands. GB and I had lots of laughs with the family, and…
The time in July we spent in Phoenix visiting my brother and sister in law was great. J&M have a very nice house – spacious guest rooms well separated from the action of the master suite; vertical walls; air conditioning; copious use of ceiling fans; two vehicles in the garage full o' gas - you get…
– or, tips for bringing equipment and parts from the US to your boat in Mexico. Tip #1: Individual results may vary. Tip #2: Plan well in advance. In our case, when we entered Mexico in October, 2007, and paid the modest fee for a bilingual employee of Hotel Coral Marina in Ensenada to help us with…
It’s been a couple decades now, hasn’t it? m
So last month we spent 3 weeks in Phoenix, Arizona and El Paso, Texas, for a long-overdue visit with the family and to do assorted bits of business plus procure lots and lots (and lots) of boat parts, supplies, and various other items we’d coveted for a while. If you believe you can sell all…
You might expect a boat that never moves from its slip or mooring to have critters make their homes on, under or in it. Mussels and barnacles like the hull – especially the nooks and crannies where no scraper can break them free. Depending on the boat’s location, sea lions, otters, muskrats, mice, rats and/or cockroaches…
They’re all perfect. Your average univalve seashell, like Mexico’s Eastern Pacific fighting conches, augers, turbans, murex, spindles, moon shells and cones pictured here, forms a geometrically-proportioned, logarithmic spiral. Just like spiral galaxies, typhoons, and even cauliflowers are formed: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html m
The tropics are hot and humid. Many cruisers who live aboard their boats during hurricane season or other long periods tied up in marinas, make life a bit more comfortable by judicious use of good old American air conditioning. Here’s how it’s done in Mazatlan, where most all the liveaboards run AC at least part…
It’s about 450 miles on a southeasterly track along the Mexican mainland from Guaymas to Mazatlan. We’d planned to stop at Topolobampo for 5 days after traveling the first 230 miles, to check out at least three anchorages there, plus explore Topo’s Ohuira Bay where it was rumored friendly dolphins roamed amongst coves and islets. …
Some cruising media regularly criticize Mexico’s Fonatur/Singlar marinas, several of which are located on Mexico’s Pacific mainland and in the Sea of Cortez. The pundits seem to complain that Singlar marinas are overpriced relative to the amenities they offer and that’s why they are empty when other marinas in the same area are full. So…