“Depression 1” is now called tropical storm Javier and we have been getting rain and wind since 0415. Does anything bad ever happen during daylight hours? Anchor is holding well, no other boats have dragged but we have another day of wind and rain to go. Put our starlink on the cockpit sole (floor for…
Figured out last night that there are one, maybe two, storms brewing south of Baja that could be a problem for us so we are heading north quickly. Skipped Isla San Francisco and stopped at San Evaristo which is a small fishing, goat herding, and salt drying town of 300 on Baja proper.Long sail tomorrow…
Spent three days in La Paz. A good chunk of that was again in search of the permiso de parque nacional (national park permit) that you’re supposed to have to visit any of the islands (tried to get one in Ensenada as well as Cabo). Finally found a place that could get it for us…
Spent the night at this great little anchorage. Around the corner of the point is the official start of the Sea of Cortez and the Tropic of Cancer. Small fishing village right on the beach and some nice rental homes as we are about an hour from La Paz by road. BBQd pork loin, sat…
Two day sail from Mag Bay to Cabo, mostly motoring in very calm seas. Bella figured out there were two hitchhikers on the anchor one of whom rode probably 60 miles and only flew away when Tess dropped the anchor on arrival, 0200. Had a most excellent time in Cabo, saw the sights and the…
THIS MUST BE WHY WE BOUGHT THE BOAT! Glorious 24 hours of calm seas and easy sailing. Wouldn’t object if we had a few more knots of breeze but have not had to touch the code zero. Had lots of dolphin visitors last night (one even chattered at me a la Flipper) and a lot…
The last 24 hours into Bahia de Tortuga we had great downwind conditions and the swells moderated significantly. That said, the stomach flu that Tess has been battling hit me hard. “Never enter a new anchorage in the dark” might be best policy but we really didn’t have a choice. Physically could not imagine sailing…
In 2010, John discovered that cruising full-time on a boat was even a thing while vacationing in the British Virgin Isles with his folks. By the time he met Tess, he was adamant that he was going to retire to said life of leisure and she apparently thought it wasn’t a bad idea because she…
