… not without a little hiccup of course… the ever-beautiful sunset on Marina Chica, next to our spot in the canals. Our 24-25 Season return to Mexico was meant to coincide with our friends’ trip down the Baja coast and up the Sea of Cortez on their Nordhavn 68. Daybreak would carry three couples, two …
The cruising continues…. The weather is fabulous, especially when compared to back home…. And the living is easy. Or is it? Always the optimist, the lines are in the water… you can’t catch if you aren’t fishing! We were finally prepared to leave Costa Baja for some extended cruising with a very detailed itinerary in …
Northern Ranger II snug as a bug… across from us you can see the new name of the Hotel – Indigo – and the restaurant that has replaced Steinbecks – Barco. Lots of changes! No news is good news, and I guess with weather and boats, that’s usually true. But this year as we watched …
We finally made it out of La Cruz! The weather window was not ideal but it was supposedly good enough. To facilitate leaving the marina zero dark-thirty, we first headed out to Playa Manzanilla to overnight, accompanied by a few whales and whale watching boats (nice touch, finally seeing the whales before we had to …
Our hasty departure from Costa Baja ( basically “goodbye kids, safe travels, now untie the lines and let’s go!”) was initiated by a small weather window appearing a few days earlier than expected. Though normally not impetuous by nature, we have learned to be flexible with our schedule when nature provides us with an opportunity …
Christmas on Northern Ranger… a Christmas Miracle! Sometime last year son Andrew and his wife Adrienne decided that it was time to join us for Christmas on the boat in Mexico. Our first Mexican Christmas, 2021, was fun for us, we made friends and celebrated with them together, so although I missed the family very …
Through our years of cruising, one of the biggest issues has always been—communication . We have marine VHF radios to talk to other boats, pretty much line of sight within a certain distance..but if you aren’t within range, no one can hear you scream….(I know this first hand!) For more reliable long distance communication, SSB …
Communication – we all need it, we’re all talking about it…. Read More »
June 4 Cordova The crossing, which took around 50 hours, was remarkably and delightfully uneventful. The seas were the predicted 6-8 foot swells with a twelve second period… and the skies were a consistent, beautiful blue. Daylight lasts about 20 hours here so night watches were done in relative brightness, a huge change from our …
At last! Our long anticipated adventure and reunion with Daybreak, Sea Level II, and Piredmus – has begun! After last year’s incredible month long sojourn to Hakaii Pass and back down to Victoria on Daybreak, Jerome and Karen Fisher’s gorgeous Nordhavn 68, we were thrilled to be invited back aboard for the 2022 trip. This …
The final leg of our Mexico cruise – and arguably the one I had most looked forward to – was nearing an end. I put away the fishing rods, realizing that if I were to be lucky enough to actually catch a fish, it would mean the pounds of frozen chicken and store-bought tuna in …