Dawn on Sunday December 15: We skipped our normal routine of morning schoolwork and chores, and instead hopped in the car and headed south. As mentioned yesterday, the flat, wide multi-laned (6 – 8 lanes for most of the way) … Continue reading →
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Day Trip to Puerto Vallarta — Part 2: Naval Museum and Casa Kimberly
Continued from yesterday… after we toured the chocolate museum and tasted the free samples, we stocked up on chocolate (chocolate is an important passage food, especially in rough seas). We headed south to the Our Lady of Guadelupe Parish, which … Continue reading →
Day Trip to Puerto Vallarta — Part 1: The Malecon & ChocoMueso
Sunrise on Saturday, December 14: We started the day off with morning chores. Eric was convinced that there was still kelp or a line caught in the propellor, but none of us were particularly eager to get in the water … Continue reading →
Days 3 and 4 in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle
Sunrise on Thursday, December 12 (taken from aboard Kosmos): Eric changed the engine oil first thing in the morning, before it got hot. He also tightened a hose connection for the engine’s oil drain, where a slight oil leak had … Continue reading →
Exploring La Cruz de Huanacaxtle
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 →
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 →
