Wednesday, December 11, 2024 — Before we get into the day, we want to give a couple of quick backgrounds. Our beloved Gig Harbor hard sailing/rowing dinghy, Kosmopolitan, which circumnavigated the globe with us, was seriously damaged while we were … Continue reading →
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Keith’s Perspective on Week 1 of our Cruising Adventure/Le point de vue de Keith sur la première semaine de notre aventure en croisière
This week was really eventful. We started the trip on Sunday December 1, and got to Ensenada on that same day. We were trapped on the boat until Monday because we hadn’t checked in to the country. Monday might’ve been … Continue reading →
Welcome to La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Nayarit, Mexico
Tuesday, December 10 – Dawn on Monday was ominous, with a red glow behind deep gray clouds. We’d changed course, so now the swell was coming from the behind us and the wind chop from our port side. The swell … Continue reading →
Ensenada to Puerto Vallarta — Days 4 – 5
Sunday, December 8 — Saturday we had mostly hazy sunshine and calm seas: 1 – 3 feet, 1 foot wind-chop, long swell period. At one point, we entered a cloud and rode in fog for a while before popping out of … Continue reading →
Ensenada to Puerto Vallarta — Days 1 – 3
Friday, December 6 — As mentioned in the last post, the sea conditions were not bad when we left Ensenada on Tuesday night. Despite the good conditions, Keith did initially get sick. But within 12-hours, he was feeling good enough … Continue reading →
Stabilizer Failure
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 – It was supposed to be an uneventful day. The plan was to do chores around the boat in preparation for our 6.5-day passage to Puerto Vallarta, then head out at around 1500 (3:00 pm). Since … Continue reading →
Ensenada Check-In and Lunch at El Rey Sol
Monday, December 2, 2024 — There were two main reasons why we usually went to Marina Coral instead of Maina Cruiseport whenever we were in Ensenada. The first was that Coral has a fuel dock, and they used to offer a … Continue reading →
We’ve Started Another Cruising Adventure!
Here are a couple of sunset photos, taken on Friday, which was our last night in Chula Vista (southern San Diego Bay) On Saturday, we moved to the Police Dock, the only overnight public dock in San Diego Bay — … Continue reading →
Vatnajokull National Park
Vatnajokull National Park in southeastern Iceland is the largest of the country’s three national parks and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2019. The park is named after Vatnajokull glacier, the largest in Europe outside the Arctic, and contains many volcanoes, several beneath the glacier. At 5,778 sq miles (14,967 sq km) the massive park…
Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice
Iceland, “The Land of Fire and Ice”, is a geological wonder. The island nation lies atop the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates and, as the plates move apart, magma from the earth’s core reaches the surface through thirty volcanic systems across the island. The magma also heats vast underground water…
