Going Everywhere. Very Slowly.
Going Everywhere. Very Slowly.
May 16 – June 6, 2020 After a couple of months chillin’ (read: isolatin’) on the Costalegre, it was high time to start moving north in anticipation of the upcoming summer storm season. With all …
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December 27, 2019 – February 24, 2020 This 2019-2020 sailing season has been a bit different for us – in more ways than one – we seem to be arriving earlier and spending longer periods …
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After spending an extended summer in the States, putting thousands of miles on the Civic and seeing oodles of loved ones (see previous posts), we returned to our floating home, and decided right then that …
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Oh da boat. I think our new tag line should be “It’s Always Somethin’,” since “Going Everywhere. Very Slowly.” seems to be BS, as we have been moving around Mexico quite quickly. But not this …
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December 29, 2018 – January 17, 2019 As per usual, the new year found us running from the unrelenting, chilly northers that descend upon Baja from the four corners region of the U.S. in the …
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In case you haven’t noticed, we’re on our second lap here in Mexico, writing about places we’ve been and seen (and you’ve seen on the blog) last year. But we love these places, the people, …
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After a couple of months in the Costalegre region of the mainland, it was time to head north again, what with medical and dental appointments on the docket and all of our summer commitments on …
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Spending Thanksgiving in the States meant not going home for Christmas due to travel expenses and logistics of leaving da boat again so soon. Our consolation was that Thad and Kristin of She’s No Lady …
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Don’t let the name fool you. It’s a marina, but it’s also a boat yard. As boat yards go, it was tidy and relatively quiet, which was expected in late June, and the bathrooms were …
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On the heels of the water tank repair came yet another water (read: life-blood)-related incident aboard FL. The watermaker was giving us fits, dropping production and showing erratic pressures (more on that below). Then, just when …
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We finally left La Cruz so we could start heading up into the Sea of Cortez, but not so fast. We wanted to revisit some of the places we’d been before on our little journey …
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Welp, as life on a boat goes, we were waylaid in La Cruz by the need for a time-consuming repair. Mind you, it was only time consuming because the part had to be ordered from …
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Highlights from Saturday, December 10 through Wednesday, December 14. Arrived Bahía de Banderas on December 10 – spent one lovely night at Punta de Mita after a nice sail into the anchorage. Swam with jellies …
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Los Frailes (23 22 83N 109 25 48W) Environmental conditions: Sometimes overcast but perfectly pleasant; water temp gorgeous Fridge temp: Perfect Battery state: 13.2V (i.e., perfect) Euchre score: Boys may have won (Jody can’t quite …
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And So It Begins: Ensenada (31 50 39N 116 38 03W) y Isla Todos Santos (31 45 69N 116 45 56W) Environmental conditions: Hot in Cruiseport, but too nasty to swim in the marina. At …
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Quit job: Check Check things off “Do Now” list: Check Going away parties: Check (well, two more to come!) See as many friends/family as possible: Check Aaaaannnd, we’re exhausted. Several things got done since our …
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Starting to feel the pinch now. Our welcome at the Bay Club Marina ran out, but we managed to squeak in across the fairway at the Half Moon Marina, which is attached to Humphrey’s, so …
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Jody headed back out to the desert to dive back into her real job, Rand stayed home to work from and on da boat. Remember that LIST we mentioned? Well, it was time to start …
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