Peggy & Pat's Sailing Adventures
May 13 we left for a short trip to the north side of Nuka Hiva. The first couple hours were rough motoring into the wind and waves but after turning north the wind was on beam and we turned off the engine and sailed the rest of the way. The anchorage was fairly calm and only had one other boat.
It has been a long time since I posted and much has happened. The problem has been lack of decent internet.Our passage from La Cruz to the Marquesas lasted 20 days. The passage was good enough, no major storms, nothing important broke. Unfortunately the wind was rarely behind us and the seas were mostly ‘confused’ which means significant swells/waves were
We have been getting all those last minute things done and provisioning for the trip. Don & Celeste, our crew and good friends (Don was also our sailing instructor in San Diego) fly in today. Peggy is at the La Cruz Port Captain right now checking out of La Cruz. Tomorrow we will go to Puerto Vallarta to check out
It has been over a month since my last post. Much of that time has been focused on preparation for leaving for the South Pacific (AKA ‘The Pacific Puddle Jump’ or the PPJ) in early April. But we have had time for some fun as well. There has been more Wednesday afternoon Beer Can Racing. In the above pic, four
Wow – its already February! Peggy’s broken arm is out of the cast and she is working on getting back her strength and range-of-motion. She will be joining me on Calista in La Cruz on Valetines Day! I returned to Calista mid January and have been working on boat projects and doing a bit of racing on a boat called
We are planning to sail to the South Pacific in March or April and there are a number of boat projects that are needed to make that happen. First, we needed a haul-out to repaint the bottom and do some work on the engine saildrives. The big travel lift plucked Calista from the water and gently set her down in
After two days in La Cruz, it was time to fly home for Thanksgiving. We had been planning to go to Vegas to meet Peggy’s brother & his wife and see a Celine Dione concert but Covid killed that plan. On Nov 19 I flew to the SF Bay Area to see my son, Bryan, and my old friends from
After the great visit from Ray & Mary, it was time to head across to the mainland. We looked at the weather for the next week and found that the best time to leave was immediately! If we waited a day or two, the winds would die and come from the wrong direction. So, we did a quick check and
Continue readingCrossing, La Paz to Mazatlan, Then South To La Cruz
On Nov1 our friends, Ray & Mary Seed joined us to see what this boating life is all about. Ray and I have been friends since we met in the UC Berkeley dorms in 1976! We picked them up in La Paz and, after getting them ‘moved in’ we motor-sailed through the La Paz channel, past the well-placed red (keep
Arriving at Bahia Falsa Oct 25, we have about a week to do some boat projects and get ready for our guest, Ray & Mary, arriving Nov1. First was cleaning the bottom of the boat which took about two hours over two days. I was really pleased to see how little growth was on the boat. Just some algae and