We spent a couple of days in Montego Bay getting groceries and internet situated for work. It’s a nice enough place. The guys on the dock work hard all day and then fire up spliffs in the evening while they handline fish off the dock to bring home for dinner. … Read More
Sailing Wimps
A while back I mentioned that I had a dock neighbor in La Paz who had been working on his engine without much success. He was an Australian who had just moved aboard his new-to-him Morgan 43 five weeks earlier and intended to leave any day for Indonesia with his … Read More
Best Stops on the Milk Run
“Where was your favorite place?” Anybody who has sailed to more than three or four countries is sure to get this question over and over and over and over again. And it seems that for most of us cruisers the answer is, “Well, that depends.” And it’s true. It does … Read More
Bumfuzzle’s Cruising Buffoonery
We’ve often been accused of playing up our lack of sailing experience. People say things like, “They can’t really be that dumb.” To which we reply, “Au contraire, we most certainly can be that dumb.” And I think, really, we all can be. The difference is that I don’t mind admitting it. … Read More
Floating Home
Seems a little strange to be heading out to cross the Sea at the same time a hurricane is whipping things around down in Acapulco. But we set out this morning nonetheless. Spent the day motoring in either very light winds or moderately strong winds right on the nose. This … Read More
Lowe 10-Months, Ouest 30-Months
Nice even numbers this month. Ouest turns two and a half and Lowe comes in at ten months. Time is in full acceleration mode now. It seems nothing can slow it down. Which I suppose is simply a Law of Nature. Lowe is cruising right along. He’s a lean mean … Read More