I recently read an article by Charlie Doane titled Bluewater Sailing On a Budget, about the purchase of his first bluewater sailboat in 1994. Adjusted for inflation he paid about $65,000 to purchase and outfit a boat for circling the Atlantic in. I enjoyed reading it and thought I’d write … Read More
Hungry in Mazatlan
One nice thing about Mazatlan is their bus service. It’s super easy to get anywhere we need to go, and today we needed to go back to the playground. Both of the kids needed the exercise, especially Lowe, who we are having the hardest time finding non-concrete places to crawl … Read More
Ready to Move
Ready to move on again. We’ve spent a week here in the marina, done a wee bit of boat work, all of our laundry, bought a few groceries, spent some time bumming around town, and now we’re ready to get back out on the water. Ali’s a little nervous about … Read More
Lowe 8-Months, Ouest 28-Months
Lolo. I’m sorry, but that’s what you are called nowadays. We smile just about every time Ouest says it. “LowLoooooow.” And you smile too. You love your sister and scramble for her whenever she comes within reach. While she might not return the greeting with the same enthusiasm you show … Read More
Getting Around
Today we went back to Old Town but this time to the more sanitized version around the main plazas and the cathedral. We walked around a bit then sat down and ate. Afterwards Ali said to me, “I’m not feeling it today.” Exactly what I’d been thinking. The rougher authentic … Read More
Driving Around
Yesterday during Lowe’s morning nap Ouest and I jumped on a bus and headed to Walmart. Actually to Autozone which is always in the Walmart parking lot. The bus ride there was uneventful, maybe thirty minutes. We did our shopping and then flagged down the next bus with our name … Read More
Old Town Maz
Days like today remind us why we both like to cruise and to find ourselves constantly “living” in different places. We love getting out and just wandering new places, seeing what we can discover along the way. Of course now we do it with kids so we find ourselves discovering … Read More
Marina, Oh Marina
Well the anchorage at Isla Isabela is pretty terrible, and with a day of light headwinds promised we decided to just up anchor in the middle of the night and head out. The alarm went off at midnight, we fired up the engine and waited to see if the kids … Read More
Orange Scissors
We loaded up the crew, grabbed all the dirty laundry we could carry, and headed back to town today. Apparently it’s Easter week, Semana Santa, and things around here are hopping to say the least. There are thousands of Mexicans on the beaches and I have yet to see another … Read More
Mahhhhhngo
Yesterday I made a couple of runs in to town for diesel. Gauging our fuel consumption is proving impossible for me for two reasons. Number one is that I can’t fill up the starboard tank fully because there is a hole in the top of the tank and if I … Read More