Category: Interesting Other Stuff

It was fun to be docked in a marina again. We hadn’t been tied to land since October 31 in San Diego. We took advantage of a few days attached to water and electricity to do laundry, wash down the boat, download whale shark footage, upload a blog, buy a bunch of Christmas gifts online, …

There was a light breeze that allowed us to put up our jib and sail right down the long channel back to Bahia Falsa. We had checked to make sure there would be enough cell service for listening to the Griz Game. Go Grizzzzz! It was the first play-off game and we were up against …

We sailed back into La Paz to fuel up and get some more provisions before heading further north, but our main goal was the pursuit of shadowy giants. We spent a night in Bahia Falsa, just outside the channel into La Paz, to see if the cell service there would be strong enough for us …

Espiritu Santo and Isla Partida are two islands just north of La Paz separated by a narrow channel about 30 yards wide. These two islands make up the Espiritu Santo Natural Marine Park so there is no development on these islands which are located only 11 miles from La Paz across the Lorenzo Channel. We …

Onward to La Paz! We headed out from Bahia Los Muertos as the sun was coming up to start the 57 nm trip. I was excited to see La Paz. People say that sailors get “stuck” there because it is so nice that they decide not to leave. I had also heard that in the …