Day Fourteen Position at time of writing: 01 14 SOUTH! 129 25W Heading 225T Speed 7 knots Wind 10 - 12 knots from SE Day Thirteen was obviously a pretty special day. We celebrated Ben and Katy's exciting news in style with a bottle of champagne, popped on the foredeck, as the sun shone through … Continue reading Day Fourteen: Milestone
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Day Thirteen: Equator PROPOSAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Day Thirteen Today, day we cross the equator, was always meant to be a BIG DAY.... But it just got a whole lot bigger. Will and I are down below cleaning up after lunch. We hear weird noises coming from on deck. Giggles, exclamations, laughter - noises not normally associated with taking down laundry. All … Continue reading Day Thirteen: Equator PROPOSAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Day Seven: Games at sea
Day Seven Position at time of writing: 10 41N 110 01W Heading 200T Today is supposed to be an exciting day: One Week Out and 1000 Mile Out milestones, as well as Easter. It's 6:00pm and we haven't had any of our celebrations yet - we'll probably get wild and crazy at dinner, ie. eat … Continue reading Day Seven: Games at sea
Countdown is on.
This is it! We are just less than three weeks out from out tentative departure date…. Wow. More than one year of preparing the boat and six years of planning and dreaming have passed by. It’s hard to believe that the time is almost here. We’ve completed PHASE I of provisioning: an $8000 peso Costco … Continue reading Countdown is on.
An introduction to cruising
We were hoping to impress our friends Tara and Tim with our perfect trouble-free boat and our stress-free lifestyle... lol, just kidding! Our only plan was to have fun and show them what cruising is all about - the good and the bad, the easy and the difficult. I think we achieved that without even trying. They arrived last Sunday night. … Continue reading An introduction to cruising
Top Five
I’m writing this post as Will and I complete our final leg between Mexican ports. We left Barra de Navidad this morning and we’re en route to La Cruz in Banderas Bay (where we spent time last season). We’ll round Cabo Corrientes at approx. 2:00am. I suppose this means I can finally write with certainty … Continue reading Top Five
Haile/Curry Christmas Vacation
Mexico is the perfect place for a large family vacation. John & Karen were the first to arrive in Z-town. They were so excited to get back after ten years that they jumped in the cab just a bit too quickly, leaving one bag sitting on the sidewalk outside the airport. Woops. The realization wasn’t made until they … Continue reading Haile/Curry Christmas Vacation
Last breakfast in La Paz
Knowing that today was the day we were going to leave La Paz, I enjoyed my morning coffee and breakfast in the cockpit while gazing over the city and reminiscing about all the good times. Each mouthful of granola was eaten with care and extra crunching as I meditated on our favourite places, events, and … Continue reading Last breakfast in La Paz
Halloween Horrors – in the bilge
Precautionary note: Every cruiser has a nasty plumbing story, and this is ours. This is a gross, unfortunate, and embarrassing tale. Our main head broke at the end of last season. It completely stopped working to the point that you couldn’t even move the pump in or out, and we weren’t really sure why. Not … Continue reading Halloween Horrors – in the bilge
Chain Reaction
Just another dull night anchored off La Paz. We were disturbed from our cozy cabin around 10pm last night by our neighbor knocking loudly on the hull. He looked wild - bouncing around in his dingy in the 20 knots of wind and small steep waves. “So sorry to trouble you”, he yelled politely, “but … Continue reading Chain Reaction
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