El Salvador cruising and the Submarine Submarine? Yes, wait for it. In keeping with our plan to sail from Puerto Vallarta to Panama and back this season, we made a two night passage to El Salvador. It’s a cool 250 miles from the last Mexican port of Chiapas Mexico. That’s about 48 hours when planning.… Continue reading The El Salvador Submarine
Crossing the Tehuantepec
Crossing the Tehuantepec – an account by Jessica In the spirit of continuing to keep the blog better updated, I am faced with writing the section about crossing the Tehuantepec. I don’t relish reliving these moments but to paraphrase a friend’s wry humor “It’s not going to write itself,” so here I go… Part of… Continue reading Crossing the Tehuantepec
Exploring near Huatulco
The trek to Acapulco was a long one, and a big reason why most cruisers stop at Zihuatanejo. But our chosen journey is lengthy and ambitious, and three more such legs lay ahead of us before we will arrive at the first country cruisers visit beyond Mexico. So off we go again, choosing to depart… Continue reading Exploring near Huatulco
The Acapulco Stopover
Zihuatanejo is the usual turning point for cruisers southbound along the western coast of mainland Mexico. I see why. From there south, the passages become longer and longer and the high crime rate in Acapulco, the next stop with any services, makes it a daunting and even pointless passage unless you are continuing south out… Continue reading The Acapulco Stopover
Fall 2019 – Summer 2020 cruising season
Fall 2019- Summer 2020 cruising season Jess and I got back to Mexico in early November to get the boat ready. It’s actually quite a lot of work. Boat covers have to be removed Sails reinstalled Sheets and guys rerun Door AC removed and stored Canvas reinstalled Cruising gear… all of it reinstalled Rig tuned… Continue reading Fall 2019 – Summer 2020 cruising season
Summer 2019 Camping
Summer Camping in the Pacific Northwest Was the summer of ’19 We’d had enough of the heat near Puerto Vallarta at the end of the spring 2019 cruising season so we drove back to the States and went camping! A disclaimer; when I use the words “camp” and “camping” in this article, I’m using them… Continue reading Summer 2019 Camping
Zihuatanejo Mexico and back
This post is a little late but we’ve been…. busy! 😃 Summary of a Season For anyone unfortunate to have read my submission to Catalina Yachts Mainsheet magazine in which I detailed the difficulties I had adjusting to the cruising life, I’m happy to report that I coped much better during the past winter we… Continue reading Zihuatanejo Mexico and back