We’ve been reading a lot of books out here. So many in fact that we were running out of material early on in the voyage. Thankfully, book exchanges can be found at virtually every stop along the way. These are great, especially for a renowned book hoarder such as...
The day has finally come. We have sailed out beautiful little boat into the Sea of Cortez. We finished the standing rigging installation last Thursday after a whirlwind of work, and the last few days have found us sailing, snorkeling and eating good food with...
These were the words uttered by Chris and Margie, our good friends on S/V Storm Bay, the morning that our standing rigging finally arrived in San Carlos. For those of you who haven’t been counting, we placed the order for our wire rope and Sta Lok terminals over...
We did a lot better this month, mostly by avoiding the restaurants and bars. Boat refit costs went down as well, which will hopefully be an ongoing trend. We moved out to the boat today as well, so October will be the real test. We’ll still be hanging around...
We’ve decided that we’re dumping the outboard. We don’t like the smell, or the sound, or the risks (i.e. gasoline) that come with internal combustion on the back of the tender. There are also maintenance costs, extra weight and the inherent...
A good friend and fellow boat man, Steve Clark, once asked me “How many boats does a man need?” His grin grew as I couldn’t come up with the answer to the joke, and after a time, he laid out the punchline: “Just one more.” And so, with Steve’s advice in mind,...
