Barra de Navidad festive for the holidays Our Christmas in Barra de Navidad was idyllic. Dylan joined us for a few days of lounging by...

Navidad is upon us in Barra de Navidad! When out in the marina there arose a clatter!

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...

We arrived in the cruiser's dreamworld of Bahai Tenacatita. This large bay is the cruisers dream. Good anchor holding, big white sand...

After moving into the marina in La Cruz de la Huanacaxtle we found ourselves innundated with activities. The community of sailors and...

Taking a break from the rolly anchorage and living it up at Marina La Cruz After a pleasant overnight passage from Mazatlan, we found...

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...

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...

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...

we weren't entirely sure what would fail along the way...

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...

After another week in the boatyard we are feeling accomplished and continuously sweaty. We are now numb to the constant noise of loud...

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...

Our nightmares of peeled varnish and mold were fortunately unfounded.

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...

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...

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...

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...

The hurricane season in the Eastern Pacific is from June to November. So our next 'cruising window' will begin in October when we will...

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...