After over 11 months we finally make it back to our boat in Mazatlan, it is mid January and we have a mountain of work to get Angelique ready for cruising. Project vs Maintenance is a discussion we have every year as to what constitutes a "project" and wh...
Ongoing maintenance and projects in Mazatlan during a pandemic. We repair the galley faucet, re-caulk the counters, fail at installing a new shower drain, and discover a fouled engine heat exchanger.
Ongoing maintenance in Mazatlán. Our heat exchanger is buggered and we can't leave. Parts are non-existent in Mazatlán so we need to get creative. Sailing in Mexico can be an adventure.
Its the start of our 6th season and things don't go quite as planned. The summer on dirt in Guaymas was extremely hard on our old gal. We arrived to find out that the rudder was cracked and we finally figured out why it was always taking on water.
In this episode we finally get the boat launched out of the desert in Guaymas Mexico only to have the engine over heat on our way to Fonatur Marina. Fun times, NOT, but don't despair no damage was done and we managed to sail across the Sea of Cortez and g...
We sail finally, this season Mike and I made a effort to set the sail and enjoy our time in the Sea of Cortez, even if we were only doing 2-3 knots, where did we have to be anyway. Well we do need to get to Mazatlán for Christmas, but that is still sever...
We said that we would sail more this season and so here is a full video of just sailing. Follow our adventure from Puerto Escondido to Isla San Francisco in the Sea of Cortex or Gulf of California.
In this episode what would normally take us 2 days 2 nights to sail from La Paz to Mazatlán takes us 5 days and eventually we get towed the last 6 miles. Thanks to sailing vessel Sunrisa for coming to our rescue.
In this episode we sail to our favorite spots in the sea of Cortez the islands of Esparto Santos while waiting for the cargo ship to arrive so that we can ship AOV back to BC where we will cruise to Alaska.
We start the new season in the Pacific Northwest with some much needed boat repairs. Our engine transmission damper plate was on its last legs and needed replacing. We knew this needed to be done when we were still in Mexico and were not looking forward to...
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