Should We Stay or Should We Go??
Prior to leaving Puerto Vallarta for Barra de Navidad, many of our cruising friends warned Dan and I of unattended long lines off the coast of Mexico heading south. These long lines are suspended below the water surface by buoys and can extend a couple miles...
Moving Target
Eight years ago, Cyclone Winston circled the Fijian Islands for weeks before altering its course and headed directly towards us as a category five cyclone. Dan and I decided our best option was to take Long Windid into the mangroves and tie her off and hope...
Lesser of Two Evils
It's been quite sometime since I last posted anything because not much has changed since we first arrived in Puerto Vallarta other than the weather is now hotter and the beach's are much quieter. Our original plan was to stay in Paradise Village Marina for a...
It's a Small World
The last people Marla and I said good-bye to eight years ago before leaving Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for the South Pacific were Jim and Janet aboard their 65 ft sport fisher "OZZY". They were our dock neighbors for a period of time. "OZZY" had spent the...
A Whale of a Tale
We rolled up Long Windid's head sail after an exhausting 48-hour sail from Los Frailes on the south eastern tip of the Baja Peninsula, crossing the Sea of Cortez to Banderas Bay. Banderas Bay is on the Pacific side of mainland Mexico. Since we were without...
Times have Certainly Changed
Let it be known, Dan and I love the cruising life style!
While we knew this trip to La Paz was going to be different than our first time (nine [9] years ago), bigger changes than even we expected have taken place in the cruising community. First of...
While we knew this trip to La Paz was going to be different than our first time (nine [9] years ago), bigger changes than even we expected have taken place in the cruising community. First of...