| 9º 48.21' S | 139º 1.914' W | Linda Marie | Congratulations to the crew!
S/V Linda Marie has arrived in Hiva Oa and is anchored!
More updates to come as messages are received from the crew. | about 5 years ago | Show
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| 8º 53.784' S | 137º 5.478' W | Linda Marie | Days 20 and 21.
Day 21 - Same Same.
Sunday March 31 2019.
151 miles made good, 150 miles to go. Nothing major to report. Nothing broke. Winds 18-20 pushing us over 6 knots consistently. Second best mileage day. Starting to study charts, anchorages, land based things to do in FP. Practicing our French! One more sleep! All good out here! L-K-L.
Day 20 - It's All Downhill From Here.
Saturday March 30 2019.
274 miles to go. Moving out of the ITCH and into the steady tradewinds. Moving along in 18kts of breeze at 6+kts. Arrival slated for Monday morning, which will be 3 weeks exactly. Still mulling over a way to get the shifter parts shipped to us in Papeete. Our temporary fix for the next month is vise grips on the end of the cables to operate the throttle and transmission. When anchoring or docking, Linda will steer, I will operate the throttle and transmission and Ken will work the deck/bow. We have been noticing how late the sun is setting (10pm) and rising (9:30am) against our own individual clocks. We know the time is changing as we go west, and have gotten our sleep patterns into a rhythm. We are going to continue with the established sleep schedule as we anticipate reverting back to a normal sleep upon arrival to land and anchoring at night. All agree our night watches have been magical, especially the stars. Our night sky apps have been getting a workout! Only 2 more night watches left! Nothing else major to report. All is well. L-K-L. | about 5 years ago | Show
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| 6º 38.052' S | 133º 27.432' W | Linda Marie | Days 18 and 19.
Day 19 - Got That Southern Hemisphere ITCH.
Friday March 29 2019.
118 miles made good, 384 miles to Hiva Oa. Def diminished winds around 8-10, boat speed 4-5kts, hot and humid. We're thinking this is the southern ITCH. Can't complain so far... Ken couldn't stand our jury rigged shifter so he JB Welded the old one in an effort to fix. Made water, eating leftovers. Readying our hiking shoes! Can't wait to walk some serious steps! That's all the news that's fit to print...L-K-L.
Day 18 - King Neptune Says Stay Humble.
Thursday March 28 2019.
127 miles yesterday, 600 miles to Hiva Oa. As we see the Marquesan Island come into view on our plotter, we decided we should celebrate (like we need a reason to celebrate), we poured some sundowners and reminisced about the past 2 weeks of great sailing... when we heard a crash and watched our whisker pole get launched into the sea! We went from party mode to recovery MOB mode. Ken marked our position with the Man Overboard feature on our plotter and started to motor. Linda and I furled the genoa and main. We got the boat turned and returned to the last known location for the pole. The pole was long gone into the deep. It should be noted that it took every bit of 10 minutes to get back to the MOB position (thinking if it was a crew member in the water). Good practice but very expensive practice. A squall hit us in the middle of the night which is getting to be routine. We started the engine after the squall to keep momentum. In the morning, the boat zigged and Ken zagged and broke off the shifter. The newest project to McGyver. Using "C" clamps and vice grips, we are good to go until we can get parts. Some people describe blue water cruising as "fixing your boat in exotic places". All good otherwise. About 600 miles to go... L-K-L. | about 5 years ago | Show
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| 3º 53.61' S | 130º 33.618' W | Linda Marie | Day 17 - Famous Last Words.
Wednesday March 27 2019.
My last sentence in yesterday's noon report was hoping that I didn't jinx us... everything was boat drinks and loud music until the sun went down. Had a significant wind increase at 10pm, which caused an on deck sail change at night, which we try to avoid. Then a gnarly squall at 0200 which caused an all hands battening of all hatches and securing the cockpit enclosure. Then a high water alarm that was traced to a fresh water leak that dumped 50 gal into the bilge. All obstacles were overcome. After the squall, the traditional no wind set in so we motor-sailed for about 6 hours. First time we ran the engine in many days. Wind back up by 10am which had us over 9kts at times. Ken fixed the leak at the drinking water spigot under the sink. Very overcast today which is a nice change. L-K-L. | about 5 years ago | Show
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| 2º 27.102' S | 128º 38.256' W | Linda Marie | Days 15 and 16:
Day 15 - From Pollywogs to Shellback.
March 25 2019.
144 miles this leg. 950 miles to Hiva Oa. Still on the port jibe from 3 days ago. Still have the 18-20kts of wind pushing us consistently over 6kts. The Swell Train keeps taking up the rear. We "crossed" at about 0920hrs our time. I went off watch at 0600 so I was awoken to celebrate. We toasted with our champagne, gave King Neptune some along with coins, cake and a lock of Linda's hair. Time as been passing by at a good clip. As Ken said, nights turn into days, then the days turn into night. Starting to read up on things to see and do in FP. All good. L-K-L.
Day 16 - No ITCH to Scratch.
March 26 2019.
151 miles completed this leg. We have named the ICTZ the ITCH. Way easier to say! We got no ITCH to scratch. We are 2 degrees south of the equator and have not started the motor. We're calling the Northern Hemisphere ITCH a "no show". We still have wind on the stern and a nice current pushing us along at over 5-6 knots. The swells are moving to the south a bit. Yesterday the winds diminished from the constant 15-20 for the past 2 weeks to 10-15 since yesterday afternoon. We've been averaging over 5 knots with this reduction. If we don't have doldrums in the next 24 hours (4*S), I'm-A gonna say no joy to the Southern Hemisphere ITCH. I hope I didn't just jinx us... All good. L-K-L. | about 5 years ago | Show
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| 1º 22.29' N | 125º 28.836' W | Linda Marie | Day 14 - Not So Dull Doldrums
Still have the same 15-20kt wind we have had since Day 1... Have only run the motor for 4 hours so far. Main sail has been up until dark and pushing us along over 6kts. Very comfortable sailing. Predictwind has the light air on our heels, so maybe doldrums soon... trying to out-run them though. All good here. L-K-L | about 5 years ago | Show
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| 3º 10.782' N | 124º 27.378' W | Linda Marie | Days 12 and 13:
Day 13 - Still Got Wind
Saturday March 23 2019
300 miles to equator, still on a port tack, we still have wind at 15-20kts... unexpected and appreciated. Haven't used the engine yet. Main up during the day for an extra knot. L-K-L
Day 12 - Southbound Itch
Friday March 22 2019
120 miles this period. Made the jibe this morning. Now crossing the doldrums. Getting increased humidity and temp. Winds down to 10-15kts. High clouds and the bimini keeps us cool. Probably 3 days to the equator. Feels like we got off the freeway and now we're on side streets... L-K-L | about 5 years ago | Show
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| 5º 22.716' N | 123º 26.988' W | Linda Marie | Day 11 - Consistent Wind = Good Mileage
Thursday March 21 2019
Squall city, 6 within the past 24 hours. We have about a couple of minutes warning, and BAM! Gusts to 40kts. We decided to leave the genoa up and poled out, switch to hand steering and keep the sail full, rather than make a sail change each squall. The downside is that the technique takes us more west than we like. We also jibed to the south, heading toward 123*. Probably stay on this tack until the equator. But you never know. Fresh fish dinner last night. 153 miles today. L-K-L | about 5 years ago | Show
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| 8º 58.176' N | 121º 10.128' W | Linda Marie | Day 10 - Best Mileage Day
Wednesday March 20 2019
151 miles last 24 hrs. 6.1kt average, best day yet. Haven't touched the sail. Ken repaired refrigerator all morning. 5 Dorado, 1 Tuna in the freezer. Down-wind, Down-swell. Looking like jibe toward equator will be around 123. Mahi Mahi fish tacos for dinner. Squall activity all around us, but not on us. Got spit at a few times. Warm and humid but we have shade and a nice breeze. Mileage per day, since Day 1: 100-137-143-125-85-130-140-132-151. All Bueno. L-K-L | about 5 years ago | Show
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| 10º 36.924' N | 119º 30.654' W | Linda Marie | Banderas Bay, Mexico to Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia
Summary of Updates from Day 1 through Day 8
Day 1 - Let's Blow This Taco Stand
Monday March 11 2019
11:15am, La Cruz. Today is the day! After years of preparation, the Linda Marie is underway, making way. We spent the morning lashing things down and stowing fenders, lines and the anchor since we won't need these items for weeks. Our waypoint is set for 120W and 10N, about 1,000 NM away. Our goal is to get to the tradewinds ASAP so we can hoist that chute! Lee, Ken, Linda
Day 2 - One Day In The Bag
Tuesday March 12 2019
We are finding our rhythm and adjusting to life in 47 feet. We all have our favorite watches set up, Linda is 2100-0000, Ken is 0000-0300, and Lee is 0300-0600. We have had light winds. Our average SOG has been 4kts. We had to take down our whisker pole in the middle of the night when the winds picked up. We've seen dolphin, turtle and a few squid landed on the boat (one came through the porthole and landed in our eggs). We troll 3 fishing lines during daylight hours. One bite.
Day 3
Wednesday March 13 2019
240 total miles, 120 yesterday. Excellent conditions all day! It shows why sailors sail! 20kt winds and smooth seas! After dinner, the seas became confused and winds had gusts over 30. Today similar to yesterday, but a little more sporty... making 7.5kts with moderate seas. L-K-L
Day 4 - Whitman Sampler of Conditions
Thursday March 14 2019
Slight clouds with light winds. Thinking average is 4kt, looks like we are using about 10 gals of water per day. We have had various sailing conditions. We are feeling the tradewinds are coming. Have not started the engine for days now. Running everything today; making water, etc. Solar panels are keeping up with demand. Waypoint still 120 10. Hooked a fishy, was about a 20 min fight, and the fish won... nobody sick. We are working out the bugs with all of the tracking systems.
Day 5 - Mostly Steady and Consistent Winds
Friday March 15 2019
Tacking back and forth toward 120N 10W. No wind from 0300 to 0630, 3 hours motor time, wind and current pushing us south so we are trying some sail configurations to help us continue "westing". Almost 500 miles exact as the seagull flies (no crows out here). Sailing time 96hrs. Funny story from day 1... in the evening, 8 hours into the trip, we noticed a bee, then another bee, and another bee... realized we had picked up a hive in Mexico. It was a Chinese Extermination drill... L-K-L
Day 6 - South or Southwest
Saturday March 16 2019
Comfortable conditions. Was due south early in the day, then turned 220* for several hours, now heading 235*. Compiling intel and discussing where to turn left (south) to cross the equator. Where the ITCZ the narrow-west. Swell and wind moving behind us, so we are in the tradewinds (or close). Homemade eggplant parmesan last night. L-K-L
Day 7 - Spinnaker is Flying
Sunday March 17 2019
Happy Saint Patricks Day! Everybody is Irish today! Yesterday, after lunch, we made a slight deviation of our course which put us in line with the swells and wind direction. Downwind, downhill sailing at it's finest. Flat and smooth boat, quieter as we sailed with the wind. Made a consistent 7 knots. About 0600 winds got snarky so we doused the chute in the dark. Great day. Zucchini pasta dinner. L-K-L
Day 8 - Good Progress
Monday March 18 2019
Good mileage yesterday at 130 miles made good. Steady speed over 6kts. Poled out Genoa only. Black clouds are forming and going away in about 20 min. Humidity is increasing as is the sun's intensity. The halyard/topping lift sprung open last night which caused an on deck night operation. We have following seas and fair wind as the saying goes! Our buddy boats, Flocerfida, Peppermint Patty are reporting in safe and sound. All good here! L-K-L | about 5 years ago | Show
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| 18º 32.622' N | 108º 28.02' W | Linda Marie | | about 5 years ago | Show
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| 20º 45.462' N | 105º 21.24' W | Linda Marie | Hi all,
We are presently anchored in a bay outside La Cruz, Puerto Vallarta. We will remain here until March and leave for French Polynesia during our first good weather window. What is a good weather window you ask? When we leave PV we will to travel several hundred miles offshore before catching the trade winds. We want to leave when there is enough wind to sail that first portion of our trip rather than having to motor and use precious diesel (and we are sailboat after all). Once we hit the trade winds in the Northern hemisphere we will sail in a south Easterly direction toward Hiva Oa, FP which will be our first landfall.
To get there, we will have to cross a zone know as the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) which is a belt of low pressure near the equator where the Southern and Northern trades winds meet - it's sort of like a demilitarized zone where often there is little wind and when there is wind, it is often squalls or huge thunderstorms. As one might imagine, we don't want to spend a lot of time in the ITCZ so we will look for an area where the belt is thinnest and motor-sail across as quickly as possible.
Then comes the crossing of the equator. Before crossing, everyone is known as a Polywog; once we cross and pay our respects to Neptune, we will become Shell backs! Equator crossing rituals often include reading proclamations, pouring some drink over the side for Neptune, and some people like to swim across.
We will have a crew member, Lee McNett, on board during our 3,000 mile crossing and then Lee will fly back home out of Tahiti. From there, Linda and I will continue exploring while slowly working our way through Fiji, Tonga, and finally New Zealand by November where we will wait out the cyclone season.
Once we leave land we will only have internet access via a satellite connection which is similar to dial-up modem internet speeds. As far as an ongoing check-in and blog, we are testing to see if Farkwar will work via satellite, otherwise we will let you know which setup we use.
Time is passing quickly and we are very excited!
Ken and Linda | about 5 years ago | Show
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| 24º 9.288' N | 110º 19.56' W | Linda Marie | Greetings from the Linda Marie. I checked our blog history and see that we have been remiss in posting regular updates of our ventures. We have passed the six month mark since we left MDR and ventured 1200 nautical miles down coast to Zihuatanejo where we attended an international guitar festival and visited many fantastic anchorages along the way. One thing we noticed is the amount of healthy coral - vibrant colors teeming with sea life. In fact, Mexican waters seem to always be filled with different sea creatures, you name it - whales, dolphins, turtles, rays, fish that jump, jelly fish, sea snakes, and just about any other sea creature you can name. As we made our way back up the coast from Zihua we could definitely tell that the cruising season in that area was drawing to a close. Starting in March red tides come in which an algae that turns the water red and sucks all the oxygen from the water. It's a natural occurrence but often brings lots of jellies which makes swimming etc. out of the question. We saw fewer people in the anchorages and it was time to head north again. We returned to La Cruz in Puerto Vallarta and anchored out in generally windy conditions. La Cruz is a popular anchorage although spring is the time of year when cruisers either do the "puddle jump" and cross over to the French Polynesian Islands (a 3k miles crossing) or go up into the Sea of Cortez (SOC).
Cruisers avoid the SOC before spring because the water is colder and there are fierce winds that come down the sea called Northrers which can last for days and bring strong winds. Our friends on Caesura ventured up into the SOC of little early and got chased down to La Paz harbor where they ensured heavy winds while their boat surged at the dock. April is the typical month to head North and the Linda Marie is right on schedule. We had to fly back to the states to renew our six month tourist visa and had a great visit with Linda's parents and my cousins. When we returned we did an overnight to Mazatlán and waited a few days for the right weather to cross the SOC to the Baja coast. We are now in La Paz where we are refueling (yeah, I know, we are sailboat but we manage to motor a lot!) and provisioning for our trip north. Tomorrow we head up to an island called Espiritu Santos which has many coves in 20 feet of water with clear water. You can also hike on the island and we have our Stand Up Boards (SUPS) which we can explore. We also have full scuba equipment including various dive suits, scuba equipment, and tanks. We even have a scuba compressor on board to refill our tanks!
Our next "big" city stop will be Loreto which is up the Baja coast. On the way we will be gunk holing making day trips from anchorage to anchorage. We will do this for May and most of June - we need to be back in Puerto Vallarta by the last week of June to prepare the boat for leaving it for 2 1/2 months. We fly up to LAX July 1 and then leave for Denmark for visit a friend July 4. When we return from Europe in August we plan on flying to Hawaii to visit our youngest son, Robert, for a couple of weeks and will then return to San Francisco and rent a car for three weeks. We will use this time to visit family and friends including Linda's sister who lives in Santa Fe and our oldest son, Jason, who is moving to Albuquerque. We will then fly back to our boat and start preparing to make the big crossing to French Polynesia and beyond.
Thank you for following us, my goal is to not only give you rather dry information as to where we are, but also what is it like to travel on a boat in foreign countries. I will focus on this in our next blog.
Until then, fair thee well!
Ken and Linda
SV Linda Marie | almost 6 years ago | Show
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| 17º 24.462' N | 101º 23.676' W | Linda Marie | Ok, sorry for all the emails- I've figured out the locations glitch. It's called garbage in - garbage out. I forgot to put a (-) sign so the mapping put is in the East and not West. | about 6 years ago | Show
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| 17º 40.818' N | 101º 39.498' W | Linda Marie | Greetings from the Linda Marie. We reached the furthest point south in Mexico (Zihuatanejo) and will now slowly make our way back to Puerto Vallarta where we will catch a plane to Sacramento to visit family and renew our six month visa. The only point south of Zihua that cruisers in Mexico typically go is Acapulco although it's another 130 miles down the coast and we heard there is not that much there to see. Even to get to Zihua we had to travel 200 miles of coastline without stopping as there are not many good anchorages as they don't offer many services and are exposed to ocean swell. The main attraction for Zihua is an annual Sail Fest and Guitar Fest. We made if for the Guitar Fest and really enjoyed ourselves. The town has many great restaurants, shops, and even a Mega grocery store for provisioning. The store is about a mile inland so we walk to the store, buy all our stuff, and then take a taxi back to the boat. Taxi's are pretty inexpensive here - the trip back to the boat cost 35 pesos or around $1.85. Eating here is cheap as well. A typical dinner entrée costs around 150 pesos ($8) - add a beer for another 30 pesos ($1.60) and you're eating well. The main disappointment in Zihua is the water - the dirtiest we've seen which prevented us from swimming or making water (desalinating salt water). Luckily there is a great concierge service that will deliver everything from fuel, purified water, ice, beer, and will even pick up and drop off your laundry. Having someone else do our laundry is great but not without risk. They sometimes mix clothing up and we ended up with clothes from other boats and some of my shirts ended up on someone else's boat! After attending two concerts we left Ziua last Wednesday and went up the coast 10 miles to a small island called Isla Grande. The water is clean here so we can jump in to cool off which we do several times a day. Many of you will be reading this thinking the last thing you'd be doing right now is swimming, however it reaches over 85 degrees here daily and only cools off to the mid 70's during the night. We can also use our stand up boards (SUPS) here which allows us to get exercise and explore.
We are currently waiting for a weather window to head north and Monday appears to be a good day to leave. We will buddy boat with our friends on Onanventure and do an overnight trip together on the remote stretch of coast until we get back to the Manzanillo/Barra de Navidad area. From there we will slowly go from anchorage to anchorage enjoying ourselves. For those wondering how much time we spend at anchor versus in a marina, we typically like to spend three weeks at anchor (it's free!) and then spend 4-5 days in a marina where we can wash the boat, fully charge up our boat batteries, and it makes provisioning much easier. The marina's are typically attached to resorts so we have access to their pools and other amenities. We typically pay around $45 a night to stay in a marina which includes water, electricity, and access to the resort facilities. Doing the math, that means we are paying around $200 a month for a place to keep our boat which ain't bad!
We will check in again once we settled in Barra de Navidad and have good internet. Oh yeah, while phone service is great down here, internet is SLOW. We will use our Verizon plan from the states that includes service to Mexico. We have a Wifi amplifier antenna mounted on the back of the boat that can grab a Wifi signal from up to a mile away. If we're lucky, there is no password or, if the signal if from a restaurant, we may eat there and ask for the Wifi password which is common in Mexico.
For those of you on Facebook, visit our page as S/V Linda Marie for other updates. On a closing note, I realize that the last post included a map link showing us somewhere in Laos. We may make it over there at some point but not now. Let's see where this program puts us now!
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| 19º 11.73' N | 104º 40.98' E | Linda Marie | Hello all, we are currently in Barra de Navidad in what is considered the Gold Coast of the Mexican mainland that includes anchorages and marina's south of Puerto Vallarta and as far down as Zihuatanejo. Our first stop on the Gold Coast was Bahia Chamela which is a very nice bay with several islands that offer great snorkeling and diving. It has a small town called Perula which has one main paved road and several Tienda's, or small stores where you can buy basic food supplies. Our friends Ric and Donna on Onanventure joined us and we have been buddy boating down the coast ever since. After Chamela our next stop was Bahia Tenacatita which is a beautiful protected anchorage around 30 miles south of Chamela. Ten Bay, as it is known is slightly more remote with only a palapa restaurant on shore and a jungle river trip that you can use your dinghy or paddle boards traverse a couple of miles of mangroves with lots of birds and other wild life. There is also a small town about 3 miles across the bay which we visited in our dinghy to get provisions and see the town. We have found that Americans are the minority tourists down here, there are a lot of Canadian snowbirds who stay a month or more on their boats or in towns to get away from the cold. Even among the boaters, many are from Canada or the Seattle area.
Before we left, we were told that we would be some of the younger cruisers out there and while true, we are amazed at the number of young couples in their thirties that are cruising full-time. To date we met Alison and Nick from Sausalito, Shawn and Kate with their toddler Leo from San Francisco, Ken and Michele, and Michele and Jon who own a brand new Outbound 46 which easily costs north of $600k. At least two had/sold their own businesses although we find people don't talk a lot about their prior professions. We are all Yachtistas and prefer to discuss our boats and travels.
We had our first visitors, Mark and Mary Lou spend a week with us and we split our time between the marina here in Barra de Navidad and Ten Bay. The marina here is attached to a resort with pools and nice restaurants which we have complete access to. Our plan is to spend three weeks at anchor and up to a week in a marina and when the marina includes a resort, its a huge bonus as we can pamper ourselves at the pool etc.. We leave today to catch up with our buddy boat at a small anchorage 24 miles down the coast. We are ready to get back to a quiet spot where we can swim off the back of the boat and chill. Barra de Navidad deserves more blog space which I provide next time. I also just found out that we may be able to provide links to YouTube videos which we are working on.
Thanks for following us, we will post another blog soon!
Ken and Linda | about 6 years ago | Show
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| 19º 17.94' N | 104º 50.148' W | Linda Marie | Hi Everyone, we accidently created two profiles for the Linda Marie on Farkwar. Please sign in an search for "Linda Marie" and you will find two results. Click to follow the Linda Marie profile and not the SV Linda Marie. Sorry for the confusion, I did provide our current position in this post but will update the other profile going forward. Thank you for follow us!
Ken | about 6 years ago | Show
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| 19º 17.88' N | 104º 50.25' W | Linda Marie | Hello all, let me first apologize for the lack of posts. We have an active Facebook site (SV LindaMarie) but are now just getting better acquainted with using Farkwar. To catch everyone up, we left our home port of MDR on October 23 and moored at Avalon for two nights before hopping over to Oceanside and then to San Diego to join the Baha Haha rally. The Baha Haha Rally consists of approximately 150 boats leaving San Diego an ending in Cabo San Lucas. This is actually our third Baha, we crewed on our friends boat, No Ties, in 2014 and 2016 before taking our own boat this year. Crewing provided good experience, especially in overnight sailing, and helped confirm that we liked the sailing before we quit our jobs.
The trip own the down from SD to Cabo went smoothly with not mishaps or breakages. The biggest concern is staying clear of the other 149 boats all sailing in one big armada, especially at night. We bypassed Cabo San Lucas at the end of the rally and went anther 20 miles up the cost to San Jose del Cabo where we stayed at the marina for four nights. We provisioned, did a little sight seeing, and dropping off our one crew member, Jim Tuggle, at the airport. Next stop was another 20 or so miles up the baja coast at an anchorage called Bahia Frailes with three other friends boats, Sea Witch, Onanventure, and Caesura. Finally free of the crowded rally events, we were on our own for the first time at anchor and started the first real adjustment to being retired. We anchored at Frailes for 7 nights and then make an overnight sail across the Sea of Cortez to Mazatlán. We stayed in a marina called El Cid that was attached to a resort with several swimming pools which we had access to. Two of our friends, Sea Witch and Onanventure followed the next day and Caesura headed north to La Paz. We love Mazatlán and stayed there several nights before making another overnight sail to Puerto Vallarta where we stayed in a marina called Paradise Village. This marina is also attached to a resort complete with pools and even a gringo'ish shopping mall. They offered a rally special so we stayed 8 nights and our total marina bill was only $85 for the whole stay. Freshly provisioned, we crossed over to an anchorage at the harbor of La Cruz. For the next 23 days we anchored out at La Cruz and Punta de Mita which is the opening of Banderas Bay. By this time we were ready to move on so we made our way over to a cool town called Zelapa on the south part of Banderas Bay and picked up a mooring. Zelapa has no cars or streets but consists mostly cobblestone paths just wide enough for the quads the locals zip around in. Very cool vibe- we read an old saying from the 60's that "a palapa in Zelapa was better than a condo in Redondo". We left in the middle of the second night to round the often rough Cabo Corrientes in the wee morning hours when it is calmer on our way to Bahia de Chamela which is an anchorage 60 miles south. We spend 10 days in Chamela and heading 30 miles so to where we are in Bahia Tenacatita. We have been off the grid now for another 20 some odd days and will head into a marina at Barra Navidad where we will be able to provision and pick up some friends who are flying in for a visit.
This blog was long and will give you a basic rundown of travels to date. Going forward we will spend more time sharing details regarding our experiences which exceeded our expectations thus far.
Suffice to say, we are adjusting well to retired life and spending so much time afloat. More to come! | about 6 years ago | Show
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| 33º 20.64' N | 118º 19.518' W | Linda Marie | Motored from Marina del Rey to Avalon -water was like glass. Snug on a mooring and leaving Wednesday for Oceanside. A Nor’easter is supposed to blow into Avalon after midnight- could makes things bumpy. | over 6 years ago | Show
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| 33º 58.644' N | 118º 27.276' W | Linda Marie | Checking out how to use this site. | over 6 years ago | Show
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