We leave the San Blas after cruising the tropical paradise for a whole two months - It feels too short but a canal crossing is on the horizon! We haul anchor, set the Spinnaker and zoom off following Delos our buddy boat. It’s a lovely passage and after ...
This episode begins at Shelter Bay Marina near the entrance to the Panama Canal. We’ve just arrived after a beautiful two day passage from the San Blas Islands, squeezing in behind the break wall after successfully circling around a tanker in a stiff bre...
Morale is high as we complete our Panama Canal transit and enter the Pacific Ocean for the very first time! What a feeling as that last lock gate opens and we shoot out into the Pacific Ocean! What a contrast when compared to how we feel a few days later w...
Join us as we embark on our very first sail in the Pacific Ocean. We depart from Playita Marina located just outside Panama Canal and set our waypoint for Punta Mala (Bad point), a point with a confluence of strong currents, notoriously rough in high wind...
The last part of our passage to Isla Parida was super light and we had to motor some but we did manage to eek out some sailing. We experienced our first battery shutdown due to overheating which began the process of installing a blower for our batteries. R...
Checking into Costa Rica on a good day is a challenge..known for its arduous, bureaucratic check in process and an in person boat inspection for pork of all things, not to mention pricey with fees totaling over $500. However for us the bureaucracy was the ...
In this weeks episode we set off for our next stop in Costa Rica, the gorgeous Osa Peninsula. This region is known as one of the most bio diverse areas in the entire world. However our alternator has other ideas. We don't know for sure what the issue is bu...
Cruising Costa Rica epitomizes the old saying that cruising is full of high, highs and low, lows. Almost a bipolar existence. We are blown away by the beauty of the Osa Peninsula. Covering an area of just 700 square miles on the southern Pacific coast of C...
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This episode begins with a recap of the challenges faced while sailing in Costa Rica. While we loved Costa Rica as a country maybe next we will come back without the boat 🙃. We faced many rolly anchorages, rapidly changing weather conditions, and expens...
It's late in the season when we finally depart northern Costa Rica bound for Chiapas, Mexico. We hear that the coast of El Salvador & Nicaragua is known to spawn early season hurricanes as well as house intense squall activity. The squalls we encounter...
In this episode we pass time in Chiapas marina, our port of entry into Mexico, during a very stormy season. Though we always have fun with our buddy boats and enjoy the BBQ and pool facilities at the marina, we get prettttyyyy ansy after a few days since C...
One thing we get asked ALL the time is, 'What are your plans?', sometimes less pointedly in the following types of ways: 'When are you leaving?' 'How long will you be there?' 'What will you do at XYZ spot?' 'Can I come visit next week? next month? next yea...
After what seemed like an eternity of motoring up the coast of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Mexico we finally treated to some sailing on the Pacific Ocean. The experience was certainly worth the wait! We are surrounded by marine life..whales, dolphins, turtl...
We had an absolute blast in Barre de Navidad. The festivities started with Brian of Delos finishing his circumnavigation. We didn't make it off the docks before beers were cracked and the party started. The boys had an absolute blast on the water slide, ma...
Back on land and it feels so . . . Weird lol. But good!!!
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We finally pull ourselves away from Marina Barre Navidad after nearly a month there. It's an easy 10 mile run up to Tenacatita. It feels great to finally be back on the hook again. This anchorage has to have the most wildlife we have seen. We start our mor...
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This episode begins with a morning spent on anchor in a beautiful spot on Mexico's western coast. It's chock full of sea life - Fish jumping e...
We were reminiscing about some of the crazy things we have done while out sailing and running this pass between the ocean and the bank in the Bahamas had to be one of them. We were lucky enough to have a friend with a drone up to capture it all.
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It's not the first time we've been here and we know its a danger but this time there was no way to avoid it. We've just sailed over 2,000 mile...
We were reminiscing about some of the crazy things we have done while out sailing and getting caught in this gnarly gale off Cape Hatteras has to be one of them! After safely arriving we checked the history on the nearest weather buoy and it reported 22ft...
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We’re sailing offshore off of Mexico’s western coast, headed North towards the mouth of the Sea of Cortez along with our buddy boat Sv O...
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We finally arrive into the Sea of Cortez after 2,000+ miles of sailing desperate to be back into the swing of cruising; our expectations coul...
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In this episode we begin with a lovely light wind sail in the beautiful Sea of Cortez. We’re sailing just 3 miles north of our current ancho...
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This episode features lots of sailing! After a few weeks in the Sea of Cortez we have gotten into a nice rhythm of finding nice anchorages, ha...
After getting swarmed by bugs its time to get out our anchorage and sail off to the next spot. Thats the best thing about living on a sailboat, if you don't like a location sail on to the next anchorage.It's a quick six mile sail but we decide to raise our...
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