Here we are, anchored in the perfectly flat Barre lagoon. After a week or so of rolling each night, this is just perfect. It is ideal for getting our to do list done to get Asunto ready for her first ocean crossing. We also took time to visit Melaque, watch the local parade in, Read More

We woke up unrested after a noisy, roll, squally night at anchor in La Cruz. We made it 75% out of the bay until the wind died but it only took us 5 minutes of sailing before we blew up another spinnaker block, this time in only 8 knots, so nothing to do with, Read More

The overnight trip to Isla Isabele was sadly dull. We had a great breeze that carried us until around 8 pm then we had to motor until we anchored at 8am the next morning. Anchoring felt super dodgy. The bay was fairly open to the swell and we were watching it smash against the, Read More

We planned to stay just two nights – marina’s are usually our thing. But after one day is was clear we would need to stay longer, this was just too much fun and way to easy! It helped that El Cid had a special on – 7 nights for the price of 5, and, Read More

The crossing to Mazatlan from La Paz was brutal. We motored for 20 hours in flat seas and the predicted wind just never came. Well in fact we did find out later that a good 20 knots of wind was out there, just 12 hours behind us. Damn. We had picked up a hitchhiker, Read More

It feels a bit strange to follow a post about swimming with giant whale sharks with touching grey whales but we had a pretty amazing three days. The best part is before the whale sharks we were swimming with sea lions again at Los Ilotas, so really this that been a pretty amazing couple, Read More