I realized today that maybe I’m relying a little bit too much on the website to relay information to family. Ali and I have never been phone people. We were the type to throw the phone back and forth to each other while the person on the other end of … Read More
Water, Water, All Around
We motored all day pretty uneventfully to Isla Isabela where I was quickly reminded why I’ve never liked this place—the anchorage is terrible. Coral and rocks on top of hard packed ground, with no sand in sight. I anchored three times, thought I had a decent hold, dove in to … Read More
The Best of Mexico
After a couple of days on the beach we decided to pop back into town today. Easier said than done on a lazy Monday afternoon. This anchorage is a few miles from town and literally the only thing out here on the entire bay are incredibly dilapidated fish restaurants. So … Read More
San Blas
Went into town today. Nothing especially exciting happening there—in fact it was pretty darn sleepy. We walked round and round and I’m sure the locals were thinking, “How many times are they going to walk through the plaza today?” Seven, thank-you very much. The kids got ice cream, got accosted … Read More
Super Storm (15 Knots)
Man, I like that little town of Chacala, but I will never visit that anchorage again. We took off early this morning, with bags under our eyes, and cruised up the coast twenty miles to San Blas where we have enjoyed some pretty terrible nights in the past as well. … Read More
That’s Swell
In case I left any room for doubt on the matter let me spell it out, C-A-T-S W-I-N. Here is why: go back through our old catamaran logs and count the number of times we complained about an anchorage because of swell (not because of other idiot cruisers). Now go … Read More
Grande Girls
Sometimes the days just go by too quickly. Here in Punta Mita right now we’ve got a really cool group of friends that we’re not eager to leave behind. Ouest has made friends with a couple of college age girls that she calls her “grande girlfriends” while she scans the … Read More
Punta Mita Gray
A quiet gray day in Punta Mita. I suppose I should mention what’s going on with Raymarine. They got back to me eventually after I raised a fuss on Twitter. The Marketing Manager gave Tech Support a kick in the butt and they gave me a couple of things to … Read More
Cloudy Days
Weird weather lately. No sun? What’s up with that? It’s Mexico, it’s always sunny. This morning we headed in to the beach and we were the only ones on it. There is just no keeping our kids on the boat though. Mornings go like this. Lowe wakes up about 6:15 … Read More
Moving Again—Punta Mita
Finally broke free today and headed back out to sea. There has been a lot of talk about all the whales, and they weren’t exaggerating. We had one surface right in front of us requiring a quick course change to cruise right alongside of him instead of over the top. … Read More