Wind And Waves

We arrived in the Bay of Banderas and anchored in the harbor outside the small town of La Cruz. Banderas Bay is where Puerto Vallarta is along with a number of small towns along the beach. The mountains are Grand along the bay. I had no idea that Puerto Vallarta was a city backed by […]

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I made this for myself to help keep me “centered” Sometimes when I travel, I start to feel a little off center. There is so much going on that is new, so many different people to talk to, coming from such different walks of life and a very relaxed lifestyle that is……….just different than I’m […]

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When the dolphins show up……it is a happy day!  Watching them invokes such a playfulness…its all I can do not to jump in a swim with them!

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Here we are on a typical morning. We all enjoy reading and sipping coffee. Man, its a tough life! I find that I can really get into a book on this trip.  The ability to concentrate is a wonderful thing. sometimes though, I focus almost too deeply. I get sucked in.

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Here is the area of Chacala in relation to Mexico. In the state of Nayarit (a little bigger than Maryland) A small fishing village and coconut plantation….brought to life by a woman named Laura (great name!) De Valle, an American Doctor, a zen Buddhist and vegetarian with a strong commitment to helping the less-fortunate. She […]

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Sailing away from Isla Isabela to Chacala was a beautiful run!  It was a day sail and we had a wind behind  us(downwind) which meant it was perfect conditions to fly the Spinnaker.  As soon as we got it up, we were running at about 9-10 knots.  What an incredible sensation it is to fly […]

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After a long sail……..birds started appearing around the boat. We must be getting close to Isabella island, land of the booby (no not what your thinking…..I’m talking about birds!) But you can imagine how many jokes were exchanged over this. Actually, we had a boobie bird on the bow for the entire night and through […]

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Taking the Cat out of the water, is a very scary process. This boat is Wayne and Carols home and investment. A lot of pre-thought has to go into so it can be pulled off smoothly with no scratches….and something worse but we won’t even talk about what could happen. The evening before, we went […]

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Here we are arriving at the Harbor in Mazatlan. We have a little job to do……………pull the Cat out of the water and fix a piece on the engine (I need to ask Wayne the name of it again) Here is one of many fishing boats around. It was interesting to see it up close, […]

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