We left San Francisco on February 10, 2010 with a plan to head south to Mexico and then make the innocently named "puddle jump" to the South Pacific (!!) this spring. From there, who knows?!?!?!? Maybe Fiji? Australia? New Zealand? For now, we're just thrilled to finally be out at sea! 
I can’t believe I’m writing this, but we are going to be doing ANOTHER LONG PASSAGE. What is the deal?!?! Most people who do this cruising thing try to keep the long passages to the minimum. But, not us! Oh no, we like to just GO. We have barely been sailing for 6 months and [...]
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To Future Cruisers: Plan better than we have…
August 10th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Fellow Cruisers, French Polynesia, Oh Crap., Our Route, Passages, Stupid Ideas, Tonga
The dolphin that wouldn’t swim with me (in Tenacatita)
April 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Funny, Life on the Boat, Mexico
“Oh, yeah, Tenacatita is great,” Louis says. “It’s a beautiful little anchorage and if you swim out from your boat a ways, the dolphins will come swim with you.” My eyes light up. “REALLY?!” “Yes!” Laura smiles. “We had two bottlenose dolphins come right up to us when we were there.” A few days later, [...]
Our First Stowaways
March 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Famous Firsts, Life on the Boat, Mexico, Passages
On the way down from Ensenada, we didn’t see any whales or dolphins (argh!! wtf?!?!?), but we had these funky little squids wash up on deck. If I had been thinking quickly, I would have snatched them up and thrown them on a hook to use as fish bait. Alas, they dried up before my [...]