The simple life we lead is not quite so simple.

A camera captures moments of beauty but to be in the moment requires dedication, sweat, and tears. Thousands of miles have passed beneath our hull, no plans nor claims bind us. We are simply “living adrift.”

– Claire Insley Holmes

FOOD post

FOOD post! As per request by my mother. (which must always be fulfilled!) Here is a change from the usual post of 150 pictures and as Claire puts it, “an essay of boring ship’s log stuff that no one cares about.” Well hopefully soon she will be posting her own creative entries and photographs.  If […]

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Playa Santa Maria

12/28 We got a tip about a “secret” cove a few miles up from Cabo San Lucas. We heard that it could fit 2 or 3 boats on anchor and that it was where the locals took the tourists for snorkeling. After exploring Cabo we saw a few post cards with Playa Santa Maria on […]

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Cabo San Lucas

Cabo San Lucas 12/18-12/27 A lot has happened in Cabo San Lucas. We were there for 9 days! Our longest stop yet. After not seeing much civilization for the past month it was a huge culture shock. We pulled into a bay loaded with water taxis, jetskis, parasailing, mega yachts, kayaks, etc. We threw our […]

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Bahia de Magdalena – man of war cove

Bahia Magdalena – Man of War Cove 12/14 Woke up to shrimpers on a panga trying to sell us huge shrimp but we had our fill the past few days and turned them down, plus purchasing isn’t our style. We signed the log book of Gregorio the local port captain. It was interesting to see […]

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bahia santa maria

Bahia Santa Maria 12/12 Ron was here! We met him in Abreojos and hung out in San Juanico. He’s solo sailing ‘Mar de Luz’ his beautiful 42ft. boat from Half Moon Bay and surfing along the way. Once we got the anchor down we ate some food and crashed. Night sails are no doubt what […]

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San Juanico (Scorpion Bay)

Bahia San Juanico – Scorpion Bay 12/5  After a long but fast nightsail we pulled in Bahia San Juanico “scorpion bay” ahead of schedule at 5:00AM. We decided not to pull in and drop anchor until at least the break of dawn. Because this place is a famous surf spot with 6 points of a […]

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ABREOJOS

Abreojos 12/2 – 12/4 Pulled up the anchor at 8:30AM and pulled out of Hipolito for another day sail south to Abreojos which translates to “open your eyes” due to the fact that coming into the bay you have to be aware that there are quite a lot of reefs, shoals, rocks, and breaking waves. […]

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Bahia Asuncion and Bahia Hipolito

11/26 – 12/2 From Turtle bay we set out for Bahia de Asuncion. 46 miles south. We planned on leaving at 7:30 but didnt realize the timezone change so it was actually 8:30AM. Great sail all afternoon. Dad caught a yellowfin tuna (some of those pictures are in the previous post) Sashimi platter for lunch. […]

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Bahia de Tortugas (turtle bay)

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 […]

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Ensenada to San Quitin and Cedros Island

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 […]

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