True North Adventures
| Vessel Name: | True North |
| Vessel Make/Model: | 36' Islander Freeport |
| Hailing Port: | Newport Beach, CA |
| Crew: | Jana and Dwight Heirendt |
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| Extra: | Lord willing, during hurricane season we plan on living in our truck and camper and visiting our 8 children, 12 grandkids, and our Mothers! |
13 December 2017 | La Cruz, Mexico
"Rally or Race?"
We are anchored off La Cruz, Mexico. The quaint cobblestone streets host many little restaurants, extensions of their homes. Every night it sounds like most have live music.
03 November 2017 | Isla San Martin, Baja California
And So It Begins!
I am 8 years old. My family is camping in San Contin, Mexico, on the beach. It is so remote we only see one fisherman all week. My Dad buys 6 lobster from him for fifty cents apiece. They are delicious! My love affair with the ocean grows even deeper. I explore the lavabeds at low tide and discover a [...]
03 November 2017 | Isla San Martin, Baja California
And So It Begins!
I am 8 years old. My family is camping in San Contin, Mexico, on the beach. It is so remote we only see one fisherman all week. My Dad buys 6 lobster from him for fifty cents apiece. They are delicious! My love affair with the ocean grows even deeper. I explore the lavabeds at low tide and discover a [...]
The Mad Dash!
We've dreamed our entire lives of cruising and we are so grateful to God for this opportunity.
We are also completely exhausted!
Our lists are shrinking as our credit card balances are growing!
Dwight is installing our 5th of 7 Bora 12 V fans right now. He will intersperse them with our new LED lighting. It looks very complicated to me, but he's as happy as can be! I just finished making bungies for all compartments that needed them. He thought it looked complicated. I was as happy as I could be! We still have rigging work, a haul out, solar, and a salt water pump to install, among other things.
"Just go!" They said. Right!