Author Archive | splendid isolation

11/24 – 11/27 not too sure where we left off… somewhere talking about Cedros Island. we had an awesome sail passing Isla Natividad. dodging lobster pots and pangas. warm and beautiful out, finally a bathing suit day. we dropped anchor at 14:30 in tortuga bay. a few of our new friends were there. we had […]

11/18 – 11/24 hey everybody. we’re safe. we’re making new sailing friends everyday. we’ve been through hell and back as well. we left ensenada sunday 11/18 at 4am. we followed chewys info on our charts. the swell started picking up so we pulled the dinghy we were towing on board. then the wind picked up […]

Sorry no wifi so no photos. 11/7 -10 we woke up in a guest slip on shelter island. Met a few other cruisers that are waiting to cross the border. All that fog we came in on turned into nasty wind with spurts of rain. We moved over to glorietta bay right behind the famous […]

hey everyone we just finished setting up our SPOT CONNECT (

11/5and6we left oceanside with hotel del coranado on our minds. we plotted our course and departed oceanside at 7:30AM. motor sailed for a couple hours with no wind. dad caught a seagull while trolling. wind picked up real nice and we turned the motor off. 4 grey? whales were feeding right off the side of […]

11/3and4 we finally have wifi. we’re going to try and keep the updates separated from one port to the next. this is our departure from our home port of dana point harbor and arriving in oceanside harbor where my dad’s childhood friend mike bardin and his family reside. we stopped in for a day. these […]

the usual we explained to Piña that we are leaving and she decided she loves cruising guides new genuine owl light from bebi electronics in fiji. LED 2+ nautical miles masthead light. extremely bad-ass. took dad on the dinghy to fish at the sand bar add professional rigger to the resume. new stainless steel head […]

ok we’ve been slowly piecing our solar set up together since january. we bought the xantrex c40 charge controller, cable wires, and the 2 monster batteries when we bought our port-a-bote from some guy off craigslist. we bought our 140watt solar cynergy and MC4 cable connects in august. while my dad was out here visiting last […]

ok everyone. we haven’t been working on this boat everyday for the past 2 years for no reason. we are excited to inform everyone that we are departing for mexico in less than 2 weeks!  we are aware of hurricane paul heading up the coast. it should clear out of there by mid to end […]

ok re-cap. we’re hustling. here’s just a glimpse of the list that we’re working on… .: solar panel is mounted, working on finishing the poles and bracing..: wire solar panel to batteries (oh man…).: new (used) main sail going on, rigging, reefing.: solar powered, sensored flood light installed in cock pit.: new steamer/ foredeck light […]