Hard Departure

Then, the tubas on the beach started playing. Then another sailboat hovered around, shouting, “Are you anchored yet?…”

We also had to navigate through what some Facebook armchair sailors called a mythical "triangle of death" outside Los Frailes.

And then it happened—the rattle exploded into action on the stern. We caught a fish! Mark eagerly pulled in the line

As August transitioned into November, the warm days spent in t-shirts and shorts began to give way to the evening’s creeping chill.

We sailed from Bahia Tortugas to Bahia Asunción to avoid some predicted strong northerly winds.

As the weather in Ensenada began to cool, we knew it was time to continue sailing down the Pacific coast of Mexico

The marina staff reassured us it would be fine if we "didn't get into trouble."

We dropped anchor off the beach in Santa Barbara with our friends SV Malaya and SV Cariba in the early morning. Both the air and water were

After an incredible 10 days of eating, walking and more eating, it was time to go. We had slightly less than a month to pull into Ensenada,

September 6, 2023 We made it! And we were looking forward to a solid break before tackling the southern half of our trip. We dropped our...

Finally! After a week of fun in Eureka, we had a weather window to round the infamous Cape Mendocino and were ready. Or were we? 

Eureka wasn't a place we planned on because we'd been trying to avoid marinas and those pesky river bars…

Pods of humpbacks jumped, some entirely out of the water and dove around us. Dolphins showed up and played in the bow wake.

After sitting for days in Neah Bay with nothing to do other than walk the same piece of road, we were antsy to leave.

It's a cold morning, and we've raised the anchor in Sidney Spit and have pointed the boat towards Port Angeles, our first destination…

We left Princess Louisa to Desolation Sound in British Columbia in search of the ultimate cruising grounds.

We finally make it to Princess Louisa Inlet.

We’re officially off work and cruising full time. We hit our first weather snag and then spend a long visit on a magical island.