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jeanneb
5 hours ago4 min read
Feliz Navidad from Barra de Navidad
Navidad is upon us in Barra de Navidad! When out in the marina there arose a clatter!
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danb
Dec 132 min read
December at Christmas Island
We left Tenacatita Bay and made the 2 hour sail to the marina located at the Grand Isla Navidad Resort. This is the place we will call...
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jeanneb
Dec 62 min read
A commute through the jungle
We arrived in the cruiser's dreamworld of Bahai Tenacatita. This large bay is the cruisers dream. Good anchor holding, big white sand...
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jeanneb
Nov 293 min read
Surf vibes in Sayulito and Paradise found
After moving into the marina in La Cruz de la Huanacaxtle we found ourselves innundated with activities. The community of sailors and...
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jeanneb
Nov 234 min read
Drenched & rolling with it
Taking a break from the rolly anchorage and living it up at Marina La Cruz After a pleasant overnight passage from Mazatlan, we found...
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jeanneb
Nov 162 min read
The love boat, and soon we'll be making another run...
We were pleasantly surprised by our visit to Mazatlan. Our anchorage sits just a 20 minute walk from the historic old town with its tree...
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jeanneb
Nov 83 min read
Adios Sea of Cortez
From the delightful white sand beaches of Agua Verde, Baja California Sur we made our plans to cross the Sea of Cortez to the busy...
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jeanneb
Nov 14 min read
Boat chores in a luxury marina? sure, why not?
This week we departed from the beachy oasis of San Juanico Bay and headed to the posh resort area of Puerto Escondido Marina just south...
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jeanneb
Oct 254 min read
Shakedown Complete!
we weren't entirely sure what would fail along the way...
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jeanneb
Oct 182 min read
Pins and needles
Today our boat is supposed to be put in the water. Yesterday we helped two boats get put in the water, grabbing lines and fending them...
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jeanneb
Oct 113 min read
Living the dream? Or hard work? Both.
After another week in the boatyard we are feeling accomplished and continuously sweaty. We are now numb to the constant noise of loud...
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jeanneb
Oct 42 min read
A spiffy new bottom (paint)
This week we made another round trip from Puerto Penasco to Tucson. The car was full again; this time with critical items like the bread...
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jeanneb
Sep 273 min read
Keeping our cool amidst EXTREME spontaneity
Our nightmares of peeled varnish and mold were fortunately unfounded.
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jeanneb
Sep 62 min read
Best of ...Summer 2024
Sorry to leave you all hanging. After a three month 'vacation' from the ships blog, we are ready to get things rolling again. We've...
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jeanneb
Jun 73 min read
Back at the ranch
Well, its not so much a ranch, but we are definitely back in the US. We are doing US things, like going to Costco, going to Home Depot...
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jeanneb
May 243 min read
She's all wrapped up with no place to go
Over the last few weeks we've been making our final preparations to close up Okisollo for the very hot summer ahead. There is so much...
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danb
May 105 min read
Best laid plans
We were recently reminded of the old cruisers adage, that “a cruiser’s plans are written in sand at low tide”. Little did we know that...
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jeanneb
Apr 265 min read
Big news for the 2024-5 cruising season
The hurricane season in the Eastern Pacific is from June to November. So our next 'cruising window' will begin in October when we will...
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jeanneb
Apr 192 min read
Keeping it cool
Just a quick update this week. We've been out of the water for 2 weeks now, "on the hard" in boater language. Dan has been working...
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jeanneb
Apr 123 min read
A whole lot of sand
Leaving the pristine and wild (albiet a little 'buggy') Puerto Refugio we began our 107 mile overnight trip to Puerto Penasco. We left...
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