Category: Sailing
5 Mar 2021
Sailing

Fair winds and following seas on a self-steered boat, our first Baja bight

In our favorite pilot book (basically a guidebook for anchorages and navigation) for Baja California, Jack Williams breaks down the peninsula into a succession of alternating reach...  Continue reading
3 Mar 2021
Sailing

Running away (and with) the South winds

Sailing is all about having enough wind, but not too much, and hopefully in the right direction. Along the Pacific Coast of Baja California, the prevalent winds are blowing from th...  Continue reading
1 Mar 2021
Sailing

This is as good as it gets

Despite my rant from the first night, we enjoyed our stay anchored out of Puerto San Tomas. Without internet or any other form of communication, wee spent a day there, out of time,...  Continue reading
27 Feb 2021
Sailing

Bye bye Ensenada

There was this story of slipping the lines, exiting a bay and turning left, that our good friend Graeme likes to tell in these words. Ensenada is also in a bay - it even actually m...  Continue reading
31 Jan 2021
Sailing

“Burnuma taco kokuları geliyor”

At 8PM on January 30th 2021, we crossed the imaginary line that marks the maritime border between the USA and Mexico! A moment we had dreamed of for a while, but feared as well. In...  Continue reading
23 Jan 2021
Sailing

Our shortest leg South: Marina del Rey to Redondo Beach

No wind, 2 hours of motoring. Close view on beaches and plants, as well as the massive container ships moored of the shore. The sky was beautiful. First mooring outside the Bay wit...  Continue reading
21 Jan 2021
Sailing

Race to Los Angeles

We had to wait for the gale to pass through in Morro Bay and we lost two days. This normally gives us a totally enjoyable stay in a nice town that we like, however we are stressed ...  Continue reading