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Boat Work and People Play

  I can’t believe how quickly time goes by when you are busy (and having fun). Here we are at the end of January and I have only written our adventures down once. Guess I’m just getting lazy, but also, how exciting can it be for anyone else to rea…

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Since we’re not doing anything interesting…

Waitin on weather and it looks like it’s caught in a short clocking loop of south to north, which means we continue our linger.But, as we say when it’s so…. life is good.Did find this interesting video that has nothin to do with anything. But… inte…

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Puerto Vallarta

We arrived safe and sound and are in our permanent slip in the Paradise Village Marina, Puerto Vallarta. The trip was pretty good except for an occasional large set of swells coming from the Pacific side and stern of the boat.   More later…

Envoy’s plans for 2011.

SUMMARY OF 2010 AND THOUGHTS ON ANCHORINGWe had a great 252 days aboard Envoy in 2010 and cruised about 1,800NM.After we left Marmaris the only major technical problem we had was the failure of the main gearbox in Crete. This was repaired in about two …

Displacement Speed Beats Planing Speed … Again

We spent Christmas this year in Desolation
Sound (map
of area). The area is so popular in the summer that Kenmore
Air has regular float-plane service to one of the anchorages there at Prideaux
Haven (pictured above). That’s way too busy for us–w…

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Puerto Vallarta

Tomorrow morning we will depart for Puerto Vallarta. This is a 184 mile trip south from Mazatlan. This trip will take from 23 to 26 hours depending on sea conditions and weather. We will leave here at 0800 and head out to the Mazatlan entran…

Report From Onboard Jenny

Saturday, February 05, 2011 6:02:12 PMLocation: Boot Key HarborThe boat position was not recorded. This weather observation was taken on Saturday, February 05, 2011 5:40:01 PM local time.Observation location: Boot Key Harbor.Observation position was…

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On your mark, get set, ready?…

Hold it, hold it, , the weather has turned in the wrong direction. Stand down.But we do see an opportunity mid week, so… we’ll see.In the meantime, our good friends Peter and Suzanne have flown in and are now aboard Morewater. We enjoyed dinner with …

#37 Naval Exercises

McHale’s Navy, the Mexico Navy and beach storming with unusual prowess and reckless abandon.  This week we joyfully had Patty and Allen White join us on Eliana.  Normally, we try not to dish out quite so much punishment to our guests, but thi…

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#37 Naval Exercises

McHale’s Navy, the Mexico Navy and beach storming with unusual prowess and reckless abandon.  This week we joyfully had Patty and Allen White join us on Eliana.  Normally, we try not to dish out quite so much punishment to our guests, but thi…