Category: Sailing

When you live life at a fast-pace – like we’re doing at the moment – time flies by,  yet at the same time, upon reflection it stretches out behind you, making it seem like we are living some kind of dog years.  Maybe we should call them “cruising years.”  Four months ago we passed under…

We are backtracking a bit with this post.  We are actually in the Jamaica now, but we’ve had a lot of questions about sailing in rough conditions so we are sharing this video from our sail from Mexico to Panama back in December 2013. The Papagayo wind is a north to northeasterly wind which periodically…

February 6th is Bob Marley’s Birthday – a day of much celebration here in Jamaica. So I thought this a worthwhile video to share once again. The lyrics come from a speech given on October 4, 1963, when Haile Selassie addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations calling for world peace. Here is the…

I fear that you may think we are on a perpetual vacation, sipping sundownders in the cockpit and watching the sun set over the Pacific while we nibble on tropical fruit in our bathing suits – tanned, unwrinkled, and stress-free.  If this is what you picture, then it is our fault.  This perpetual vacation is…

We begin the day by clearing out of Mexico.  We start at 9am – ish (remember this is Mexico.)  Oh, the paperwork…    The first thing you have to do when arriving in a new country is “clear in” and the last thing you have to do is “clear out.” It’s not consistent from country to…