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Living Al Fresco…six weeks on my own. Part 1

Canadian chilli sux!! After the departure of my delivery crew I had a lot of time on my hands. I was still at Paradise village and several projects aboard were calling my name. Fisrt was finding a new propeller for the dingy motor. The origional o…

Exploring Banderas Bay

We arrived in Banderas Bay on Nov. 3 and after the long passage from Cabo San Lucas we went straight to Paradise Village Marina in Nuevo Vallarta. This is a beautiful place, luxury hotels, beach, cable tv, and WiFi. We rested, washed the boat and had b…

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Delayed departure and the trip south

We had origionally planned to leave Oct. 25th, but the weather gods had other plans in the form of a small craft warning. We waited till the 26th, but the flaggs we’re still flying. Carefully studying the forcast we could see that there would be a weat…

Departure Delay

Well, it’s the 25th and the weather Gods are not cooperating. Crew and boat are hot to escape. We’re now planning on leaving the 26th early in the morning as we have a weather window to move south till next weekend!!I tricked my crew into watching the …

14 days to go…..!!!!

Well, time is certainly getting short. Seems I have done just about everything I can to ensure a safe, drama-free trip south. But ya never know!!!Looks like the final crew will be me, Tom Morton and Bob Taylor. All are experienced ocean voyagers and ea…

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Straining at her dock lines…….

Preparations……

Like any great adventure, I’ve spent a lot of time preparing for this extended vacation. Not that I’m heading for the South Pole, LOLSeems like forever since I started planning. Actually it was about 10 years ago when I had my last boat in La Paz, wish…