The Captain Goes For A Swim
Monday, April 6th – The Southern Crossing has been completed. and now we will sail along the Baja coast. Our next stop on the way to La Paz is Playa La Bonanza, which is [...]
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The “Southern Crossing”
The “Southern Crossing” — To The First Mate, the very name sounds romantic and exciting, but to The First Mate’s disappointment, there is no romantic connection to the w [...]
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Frigates and Blue-Footed Boobies
What is this thing? The First Mate is entranced by these large, graceful black birds flying overhead. She has never seen the likes of them. With their V-shaped, swept-back win [...]
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The Dingbat’s Revenge
Our very short 4 weeks at home in Telluride is filled with winter activities. Granddaughter Berlin, here for her Spring break, joins us as we ski the mountain, hike the ranch [...]
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Heading Home
Wednesday, February 18th – The anchorage at La Cruz is expansive and filled with more boats at anchor than we have ever seen. After anchoring, we spend the afternoon rec [...]
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Stuck!
Tuesday, February 17th – Bahia de Chamela is the first really good anchorage one reaches after leaving Puerto Vallarta, rounding Cabo Corrientes and heading south along the Me [...]
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Gold Coast Cruising
It’s a small world, or so it can be at times. Sitting on deck while anchored in Bahia de Manzanillo, a dingy motors over to our boat. Greg Baillie from Lion’s Paw could not pa [...]
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AVANTE Hard Aground!
It was mentioned when we were rounding the headlands off Punta Mita that the navigation charts for Mexican waters leave a lot to be desired. Both The Captain and The First Mat [...]
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Broaden Your Horizons
We all remember sayings and admirable quotes that we heard and eventually learned in childhood. In fact, many of these quotes were so ingrained in us that we turned around and [...]
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Manzanillo — A Most Romantic Spot
Thursday, February 5th – We leave Ipala for the last stretch to Manzanillo. Jazzed by his big catch of yesterday and undeterred by its poor taste, The Fisherman Captain wants [...]