Greetings from Charleston, South Carolina where we are attending the 2013 Outer Reef Rendezvous.Friday photos are like a treasure hunt. Why you ask? Simple. The photos are not annotated. Hence, you have to look at each photo and…
Papeete
Some of you have been urging me to move on with pics et al but I really need to close out Tahiti first. We arrived on a Monday and Roger left on Wednesday. The interim was spend giving Iron Lady … Continue reading →
FPB 78 – Dreams Come True – A Proper Workshop
Of all the features on our new FPB Dream Machine that excite us, the one at the top of Steve’s list is the workshop. It allows an array of tools and storage that will delight anyone who works on the boat. And it will be a major factor in increasing maintenance and repair options anywhere […]
Mister!
Whomever invented the mister deserves a medal or a Nobel peace prize or something. Makes the unbearable heat almost pleasant. We’re sitting on Hinky Dink, tied behind Pineapple Girl, after toodling around for about three hours in HD. Beautiful day but …
Spring in the Sea of Cortez
We spent the months of April and May visiting new anchorages and revisiting some of our favorites. Unfortunately 2013 turned out to be a colder year according to other long time Sea of Cortez cruisers. The day temps were in the 70’s, the water temp…
Spring in the Sea of Cortez
We spent the months of April and May visiting new anchorages and revisiting some of our favorites. Unfortunately 2013 turned out to be a colder year according to other long time Sea of Cortez cruisers. The day temps were in the 70’s, the water temps were the same, and 80%of the time the wind blew more than 20knots. We spent one uncomfortable night in San Evaristo in a strong westerly that had sustained winds in the 30-40’s and a few gusts in the 60’s. The only good thing was that everyone’s anchor held. If the wind was not enough, we frequently made the decision to stay or leave and anchorage depending on our degree of aggravation with the bees and Bobo’s(small gnat-like flies that are just bothersome). Santa Rosalia was the farthest north we went. It looked like a nice town to visit but we only went into town for 1 hour to get fresh fruit and veggies as we could not get a good set to our anchor in the harbor and were reluctant to leave the boat for longer. When we picked up the anchor, it had fouled on plastic and couldn’t dig in well. We never found the good clear water for snorkeling that was reported and while I was warm in my new thicker wetsuit, Byron was not! All and all, the scenery was magnificent but we probably will not return in the future.
We returned to La Paz the end of May to have the bottom scraped and painted and then made the 2 day passage back to Puerto Vallarta and Paradise Village Marina for the hurricane season.
Los Gatos anchorage
Barred porcupinefish
Cortez Rainbow wrasse
Isla Coronado
San Juanico
San Juanico
Cortez Angelfish
Spring in the Sea of Cortez
We spent the months of April and May visiting new anchorages and revisiting some of our favorites. Unfortunately 2013 turned out to be a colder year according to other long time Sea of Cortez cruisers. The day temps were in the 70’s, the water temp…
#2013-20 Soft Batteries and Fishing Sitka in Rough Weather
Wednesday June 5: Battery Reconditioning DayThe main battery bank has not been performing to par lately. It takes a full charge but delivers just 200 amps of the full 1600 amps available before it needs a recharge. We never consume more than 800 …
Google Glass Demo
Forty percent of the U.S. residents surveyed said they wouldn’t buy Glass when goes on sale, while another 38 percent said they were undecided. When asked to name their reasons for not wanting Glass, the top three explanations offered were: the cos…
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