All right, so this was a little awkward. The family we offered the clothes to came out in their boat this afternoon. We invited them aboard and we all sat up front and played with the car and some toys for a little bit. Cool. Nice little boy, friendly mother … Read More
Ice Cream in Agua Verde?
We motored north on a flat sea bound for Agua Verde just three hours away. Another in a string of rather uneventful days—days we are always thankful for. Nothing broke, nobody got hurt, Lowe got his nap in, and we arrived in what is one of my favorite bays. After … Read More
Callus Hands
Manuel is a local man, somewhere between forty and seventy years old I’d peg it at, and has the market on selling lobster and fish to the cruisers in Los Gatos. We talked to him on the beach last night after eating our lunner already and told him we didn’t … Read More
A Day in Video
Shot some video today while we motored north from San Evaristo to Los Gatos. We had maybe fifteen knots on the nose when we left, and an hour or so later the seas had gone calm. A twenty-seven mile trip, it took us about five hours to complete. This video … Read More
Baja Anchorage
San Evaristo, Baja California Sur. Time for another round of the family picture game, complete with strange dog. Ouest took this while Ali said, “You’re too close!” Our adopted for a couple of days dog spent five minutes digging a hole, shoving his nose in it, and digging some more, … Read More
San Evaristo
Today we motored an hour north to San Evaristo, a tiny village of uninspiring homes all with a very inspiring background. In town we visited the store, which consisted of 1% staples, 1% chicken, and 98% junk food. No ice cream though, so the kids were out of luck—they got … Read More
Escape the Coromuel
Between the Coromuel winds and Lowe teething we’ve had a couple of pretty sleepless nights. So this morning we decided to head further north and start trying to at least escape the Coromuel. We left early with a nice breeze and rolly seas. Throughout the day it calmed more and … Read More
Puerto Balandra—Again
We’ve come to the conclusion that the thing that we dislike the most about cruising in this boat—aside from the fact that it is missing a hull—is the refrigerator situation. Needing to run the engine for an hour or more twice a day in order to keep the fridge cool … Read More
Cruising North
We left with the tide this morning, motoring north towards the islands again—finally. We stopped off at Costa Brava Marina for the cheapest diesel in town. Which seems like an odd statement considering that Steve Jobs yacht was in there last month, and that famous British couple that live in … Read More
Not Quite Ranting
I don’t often do this—bag on companies—so when I do you can be assured that their products are indeed crap. First up, Dr. LEDs. These are something like thirty bucks apiece and are supposed to plug into your normal existing running lights and replace the old-fashioned power hungry bulbs with … Read More
