A place for posts

  • Jeopardy

    The category is: Reasons Why You’re Adrift in the Pacific Ocean at 2am Lucky us, we found the Daily Double. Literally, the engine stalled twice the morning we were en route from Mazatlan to Isla Isabel. TWO TIMES. After our passage from Cabo to Mazatlan, we were looking forward to our trip home for the Read more

  • Adrift in a sea of emotions

    Adrift in a sea of emotions

    Crossing from Cabo San Lucas to Mazatlán is done. We survived. But lemme tell you, it was a close fucking call. With that intro, you might be surprised to hear that we had wonderful conditions and were able to sail essentially all 190 miles. Perhaps less surprising is the seasickness I battled for nearly the Read more

  • Cabin Fever With a Smack of Nausea

    Many people assume that passages are ripe for cabin fever. They assume that at some point you just feel like you’re all alone sitting on a piece of cork, bobbing around without purpose or direction or anything to do. Admittedly, there are occasions during a passage when the swell is stacked, the wind is low, Read more

  • The next sunset is a Cabo San Lucas sunset

    Craig is trying to nap, the sun has recently set, and Casey and I just had the most amazing show put on by a pod of dolphins. This was a new species that we haven’t seen yet on this trip. They were larger, slate grey all over, and abundantly playful. The first one I saw Read more

  • Going Nowhere Fast

    Remember how I said that Craig serviced the gear shifter yesterday? Apparently he did not put it all back together again as well as he thought he did. We discovered this after weighing anchor and then not moving forward, despite a significant number of RPMs. The conversation through our headsets went something like, “I don’t Read more

  • Gringos as far as the eye can see

    Krystle asks the crowd, “What should I write about?” Craig answers, “Write about how great I am.” So I’m still stuck. Serious writers block. Part of the problem is that I am writing this with the intention to send it via satellite connection which prevents me from including all of our impressive photos, so I Read more