Hard Departure

We also had to navigate through what some Facebook armchair sailors called a mythical "triangle of death" outside Los Frailes.

And then it happened—the rattle exploded into action on the stern. We caught a fish! Mark eagerly pulled in the line

As August transitioned into November, the warm days spent in t-shirts and shorts began to give way to the evening’s creeping chill.

We sailed from Bahia Tortugas to Bahia Asunción to avoid some predicted strong northerly winds.

As the weather in Ensenada began to cool, we knew it was time to continue sailing down the Pacific coast of Mexico

We’re officially off work and cruising full time. We hit our first weather snag and then spend a long visit on a magical island.