Author Archive | splendid isolation

TEXAS 5/14 Woke up to every kind of bird noise. Peacocks, turkeys, guinea hens, roosters, morning doves. Stumbled into the office for coffee. Went on the cavern tour. We saw 2 miles of over 7 miles of underground trails and rooms. It was literally out of this world. We gave the lady in the office […]

ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO 5/13 spent the night in a shit-motel in Lordsburg, NM. $40 rip-off. Filth. Usually we aren’t the ones to complain about quality, especially after 6 months in Mexico. The plumbing was shot, hot spicket burnt Claire. The shower did not drain and flooded the whole bathroom into the carpeted area. Zero […]

5/9 Left in the morning for Guaymas. I learned how to drive stick pretty quickly at the border crossing, inching forward.  5/10 almost done with boat storage. 5/12 Finished the boat for her summer storage in Guaymas. Pulled out of the yard at 11:00AM. “La Sancha” is fully packed of things we want to take […]

TUCSON 5/2 Left the boat-yard at noon. We are heading for Tucson, Arizona with Ben to go hunt down a vehicle. We have our eyes set on a Volvo we found on craigslist. 5/3 Went to the UPS store to get a “local address”. Went to DMV and got an Arizona driver’s license. I was […]

Claire received the email posted below last week. We created this website while we were in Dana Point, over-hauling the boat. Mostly for our immediate family to be able to see what the hell we’re talking about when we ramble on and on about all the projects. Then when the reality of actually setting sail […]

4/26 to 5/1 we spent completely emptying the boat. sorting through everything we own. cleaning the entire boat. and organizing it for a 5 month storage. We are leaving the boat behind for the hurricane summer season. it is sad to leave our home of 2 and a half years behind. we are heading to […]

4/25 off the dock at 8:00AM en route to the crane. Across the small bay. 8:45 process begins. 10:30 we’re on our stands. Bottom looks great! Paint is still perfect from the Easter before last. We have LOTS TO DO! claire pulled the boat into the haul out slip perfectly here we go! last time […]

4/24 Got up with Ben from “IriExpress” on the radio. Anchor up in Bacochibampo around 9:30AM. Great sail, AGAIN, into Guaymas. Got a slip at the Fonatur government run marina around 13:00. Saw some old friends there. Ben met up and led us through the channel. His car was at the Guaymas boatyard. After a […]

4/23 Relaxed at the hotel (for free of course) we had quite a few options for anchorages after sailing across the sea. we decided on bacochibampo because it was a big, wide-open bay that would be easy to pull into at sunset. We got the anchor down ASAP and rowed to shore for a celebratory […]

4/21 Awesome 6 kt beam reach. 15 kt east wind blowing. Anchor up at 10AM in coyote bay and down at 16:30 off the hotel at Punta Chivato. Talked to a few boats on the radio that were night crossing, and others that had already crossed. Thats good reception! 4/22 We woke up at 2:00AM […]