The night before the commencment of the 3rd leg to Cabo, we were awakened at 2 am by 30 – 35 knot winds rushing through the anchorage. ...

For the first leg of the Baja Haha cruisers rally from San Diego to Cabo, we ended up motoring 60% of the time and sailing 30%. Better...

The Baja Haha is annual boat rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas. I think I first learned about it over 20 years ago, when reading my...

Today marks one month since we've landed in beautiful San Diego bay. The anchorages are getting crowded and the anticipation for the...

I can't believe that we've missed a few weeks with the blog!! We'll have to get back ourselves back on track. Clearly the sun has made...

The trip down the California coast flew by. Its hard to believe in the last few weeks we've covered 455 nautical miles and delightfully...

So, we've been at this for 6 months. I didn't mind the inside passage it was cold, and my electric blanket kept me very warm. I liked...

Having sailed the Pacific Northwest for almost a quarter of a century we have become very familiar with the area and the skills needed....

Arriving in the Bay Area we were met with clear blue skies, morning fog and 70+ degree days. The warm sun on our face, the...

Even though we've been cruising since April, our trip down the west coast was really our first long overnight & offshore passage. As...

In the cruising world, there are times when one season is a wrap, and the next is forthcoming. These shoulder months are when you think...

As of today, we've travelled 2473 nautical miles in 125 days (at about 6-7 nautical miles/hour). We are wrapping up this season with a...

This week we crossed Cape Caution and had a beautiful flat calm day. Couldn't have asked for a better day, for what can be an exciting...

On our way north, we meandered and did our best to get off the beaten track. On the way South, we have we have a lot of miles to cover...

As sailors we are generally adept at adjusting to the wind, tide and seasons. In this case, our four hands, were now 3 and I only have...

With a sudden switch of weather from the 50s --> to 80's almost over night, we found ourselves very happy with being able to do more...

The sun came up (although I am not sure it was ever dark), our anchor pulled and we left Neka Bay (Port Frederick) enroute to Funter Bay....

Our goal was to get to Glacier Bay National Park. Why? Because its there. And everyone said 'its awesome'. But I really didn't know...

While in Juneau we were amazed with the flurry of activity at the marina. Mega yachts, fishing boats, whale watching boats and other...

We've moved from the 'early' crew to Alaska to being right in the thick of tourist season. As we headed into Ketchikan we were joined by...