Check the log: after leaving Bahia Santa Maria we sailed for 25 hours straight, motored for two, sailed for five, hove-to for one, and motored for eight. Through big swells […]

Bahia Santa Maria – 4.5 miles deep and 11.5 miles long – felt wild and mysterious and big. Although it is well protected from north winds by a mountainous cape, […]

We like to sail whenever possible, even in very light air. We try to avoid turning on the motor unless the swells are too uncomfortable to ride in the absence […]

I do not exaggerate when I say that Wade has been looking forward to two things about this trip south: sailing, and fishing. Now, these two activities do not always […]

Dawn broke crisp and clear as we entered Bahia de Todos Santos and made the turn toward Ensenada Harbor at its head. After motoring all through a windless night from […]

Yes, we did make the final leg from Santa Barbara to Long Beach without a hitch. Well, except for the two hours drifting northwest from the harbor with sails limp […]

Palm trees, stucco, clay roofs and tiles everywhere. We must be in Southern California. Time for a couple of days in the sun! We were worried, at first, that toney […]

Besides waiting for the weather north of us to improve, the omnipresent question in Bodega Bay was this: whether or not to go into San Francisco? After days of evaluating […]