2015 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL to Guatemala Voyage

Position Report – Southwest Cays, Glover Reef – Belize…..

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/03/13 20:41 LATITUDE: 16-43.24N LONGITUDE: 087-50.85W COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Southwest Cays, Glover Reef – Belize Well, this for me is an unfortunate day of remembrance as it was 4 years ago today I lost Cindy. Yesterday, while diving (first two dives in a year!), I found myself …

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Position Report – Blue Hole, Lighthosue Reef – Belize

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/03/11 18:36 LATITUDE: 17-19.08N LONGITUDE: 087-32.21W COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Blue Hole, Lighthouse Reef – Belize We decided to make the 9-10 mile trip up to the Blue Hole and invited Lisette and Dennis from s/v \”Windward\” to come along for their first catamaran ride..:-) This is the …

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Position Report – Long Cay, Lighthosue Reef – Belize

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/03/09 17:55 LATITUDE: 17-12.71N LONGITUDE: 087-35.98W COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Long Cay, Lighthouse Reef – Belize We had a big squall with about 30 knots just before we left Turneffe this morning. We tried to see if we could go ashore to the lodge and use the restaurant/bar, …

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Position Report – Turneffe Reef, Belize

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/03/08 19:51 LATITUDE: 17-10.47N LONGITUDE: 087-53.77W COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Turneffe Reef,(Turneffe Reef Lodge) – Belize We took advantage of a light wind day to get east which is normally against the trade winds here. It was so light, we motored most of the way. For all you …

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Position Reoprt – Cay Caulker with a SEA STORY!….

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/03/06 19:43 LATITUDE: 17-44.79N LONGITUDE: 088-01.80W COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Cay Caulker – Belize We read in a cruising guide of ours…\”Avoid the Pinot Grigiot\”. That means, watch the color of the water to see the real shallow spots. The problem is, all of the Bahamas and Belize …

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POSITION REPORT – San Pedro, Ambergris Cay – Belize

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/03/04 20:56 LATITUDE: 17-54.85N LONGITUDE: 087-57.76W COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – San Pedro – Ambergris Cay, Belize We learned a new trick about how to get out of shallow anchorages in the dark…hint! Search Light!!! I\’ll write it up in the blog! Great sail here today, lots of protection …

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POSITION REPORT – Chinchoro Bank, Mexico

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/03/03 23:03 LATITUDE: 18-45.19N LONGITUDE: 087-18.24W COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Cayo Norte – Chinchoro Bank, Mexico – Belize tomorrow – we hope! We\’ll we got out a bit later than I wanted. We had a lovely sail here and the seas calmed in the afternoon. Problem is, we …

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Mexico and on to Belize – Part 2…..

February 24th – March 3rd, 2015 (UTC -5)  Quintanaroo, Mexico has decided to stay on US East Coast time despite being as far east as Texas! Dear Friends and Family, We departed Isla Mujeres and motored with little wind down the coast for the 30 mile trip to Puerto Morelos, Mexico – still in the …

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POSITION REPORT – Cayo Blanco, Bahia De La Ascensionl – Mexico

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/03/02 20:19 LATITUDE: 19-42.35N LONGITUDE: 087-30.15W COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Cayo Cuelbra – Bahia De La Ascension, Mexico We had a dinner and supermarket shop in Cozumel. The anchorage was okay, but we could see how it would be quite the roll under certain circumstances. We left at …

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POSITION REPORT – San Miguel, Cozumel – Mexico

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/03/01 20:24 LATITUDE: 20-29.44N LONGITUDE: 086-58.17W COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – San Miguel, Cozumel – Mexico We actually checked out of Mexico in Puerto Moralos, but they give you 48 hours to depart. As such, we decided to take 20 miles off tomorrow\’s journey and come to the famous …

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