During the hurricane summer season in the tropics you need to find a secure place to keep your boat or move the boat outside of the hurricane area. Our first summer in Mexico we went to San Carlos up in the Sea of Cortes and we swore we would never re…
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Blogging Again
We got tired of writing simple travel logs, today we are here, yesterday with did this, blah, blah, blah…so we’re going to try something different and write about interesting subjects that we come across while floating around. Most of the time it wil…
The good life in Mazatlan.
The good life continues in Mazatlan. We’ve added a location map to the top of the blog that will have our current (and past) locations as we travel around. Thanks to Eric & Sherrel at www.sailsarana.com for the code snips.We use a Dell mini desktop com…
Groundhog Day
Happy Groundhog Day. We hope everyone had a safe and happy celebration and we’re sorry we’re a couple of days late but Mexico does not honor Groundhog day so we missed it.We arrived in Mazatlan after a long, 38 hour passage from Topo. Because of the we…
Topolobampo
We visited Topolobampo in late January crossing from the south end of Isla San Jose on Baja, an easy 95 NM passage. Topo is located inside a large bay that is mostly less than 10′ deep although there is a dredged channel leading up to the town that is…
Out of La Paz
We finally broke the grip that La Paz had on us and escaped to the islands. It’s easy to settle into life in La Paz, the great restaurants, interesting shops, nice people, and new friends but after a month we were eager to get back on the water. The s…
Icom 802 Upgrades
Over the summer we did some changes to our SSB installation trying to improve the radio’s reception and transmission and reduce radio frequency interference (RFI). Here’s a summary of what we did – Installed 6/2 AWG wire from house bank to pilothouse…
Icom 802 Upgrades
Over the summer we did some changes to our SSB installation trying to improve the radio’s reception and transmission and reduce radio frequency interference (RFI). Here’s a summary of what we did – Installed 6/2 AWG wire from house bank to pilothouse…
Sunsets in La Paz
Date & Time: 12/28/2010 4:09 PM UTC (Zulu)Location: 24°09.36’N, 110°19.62’W , La Paz, BCWhile the US is suffering from winter storms we’re enjoying beautiful sunsets in La Paz. Today was clear and sunny with a high of 80°. We almost feel guilty, alm…
Rounding Lands End
Date: 12/17/2010Location: La PazLat/Lon: 24 09 N 110 19 WWeather: Sunny and Warm We have arrived in La Paz and it feels like coming home. We’ve been in La Paz 4 other times in the last 2 years and the city has become very familiar and comfortable. We …
