We pulled up anchor at 2:00 am on January 17th and headed out pointing east! I went back to bed, my shift would start at 5:00 am. I came up to take the helm noting calm conditions, gentle swell, beautiful stars. The full moon was just beginning to set. As the sun started coming up …

On January 8th we started our final leg north in the Sea of Cortez to the Midriff Islands. After that point we will be sailing south for 7 or 8 months. We had a good weather window to go north for the past two days but really wanted to stay and see our Anacortes friends …

It was December 22 already! We have friends from Anacortes (s/v Radiance) coming to visit for 10 days arriving on Christmas. They also have two other boats of friends here from Alaska (Rochambeau & Chaos) who came south in the Baja Haha along with us. We had met Rochambeau while we were in Alaska this …

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 …