Like most other Central and South American Catholic countries, Mexico celebrates the festival of Carnéval with gusto. A last hoorrah before the religious observance of Lent, ending with Easter, this is a week long free-for-all for getting in as much as much partying, eating, drinking, dancing and such, as you can before it’s not allowed …

When we are anchored in La Paz, we are out near a very large sand spit called the Magoté. It is so big, in fact, that there was a large (and very controversial) development of 5 large condominiums and holiday houses out there. It’s also where we take Ronan to play when he’s getting antsy …

Ronan’s other Grandparents (Zak’s dad Roger and his wife Katherine) visited us for 10 awesome days of sailing the Sea of Cortez and playing in La Paz. They stayed the first 2 nights at our friend’s quaint little compound of a hacienda-style B&B, Casa Buena, and then moved onto the boat for a week of …

The first long hike we did (across the island) was basically a long bounder hopping session up up and more up an old river canyon with an array of cactus and of course nice views periodically looking back West toward the bay. We saw a surprising amount of wildlife on this walk including a couple …

One of our favorite anchorages on Isla Partida is the large three-fingered bay named Ensenada Grande. The picture perfect turquoise water and white sand beaches are located at the North West corner of the island and are well protected from Northerly winds. There are a number of amazing hikes including one right across the island …

From San Gabriel, we headed off early in the morning right behind Island Seeker. I was curious how it would be sailing with another boat because I knew that I could not sail as high to windward as their Down Easter 28 monohull. The first tack was a long starboard beat into a strong Norther out …

We all got sick of waiting in La Paz for the new turnbuckles to show up from San Diego… so we decided to stock up on some food and petrol and get out to the islands for a week instead. The first day we had an easy motor sail to Caleta Lobos – still on …

After a lovely night anchored in Caleta Lobos on the peninsula and a magical morning exploring the mangroves and rocks and beach with Ronan the next morning, we had an excellent sail on a fast broad reach out into the Bahia de La Paz (Bay of Peace) towards the almost legendary island… Isla Espiritu Santo. …

After Kate and Glen went back home, I spent a few days with some hired help redoing the standing rigging on the boat. Like all boat projects, there were a few complications and it took longer than expected, so when it was finally finished, we decided to get the heck out of the marina (we …

Both of my folks expressed interest in coming to visit us while we were in Mexico. It’s hard to have visitors while sailing, because having a destination and deadline to be there can mean having to sail in bad weather windows. It’s kind of ironic… that to share your amazing new lifestyle is actually a …