Dear F&F, December 24, 2008 Last night about 1 am we awakened to rain coming down on us. We leave the roof hatch open. It stays warm enough at night to use only a sheet or no covering. Certainly no blanket needed. We are actually south of the Hawaiian Islands latitude, so we are truly […]
Isla San Benedicto – Day 8….. Read More »
Dear F&F, December 23, 2008 We took the dinghy around to the dive site called \”The Boiler\”. It was much flatter seas so a more comfortable ride than when we went out with the commercial boats. Today we had a hard time finding the shallow site to anchor on. We had tied up to the
Scott joins \”The Manta Club\”….. Read More »
Dear F&F, December 20-22, 2008 I have to limit my computer time because I can very suddenly get a headache & nauseous if the weather gets a bit bumpy here at the anchorage. I thought I\’d be over that by now, but the motion sickness still jumps up & bites me sometimes. Almost every other
San Benedicto – Days 4,5,6….. Read More »
Dear F&F, December 19, 2008 Today is Friday. We arrived at San Benedicto Island 2 days ago. On our 2nd dive today all our dreams came true. Jeronimo Jara drives the panga for the \”live aboard\” dive boat, \”Solmar V\”. He came over this morning to introduce himself & offer information about the dive sites
Dear F&F, December 18, 2008 It is difficult without exact GPS waypoints to know where a good dive spot is versus a nothing spot. The commercial dive boat, \”Nautilus Explorer\” had showed up in the evening & we dinghied over to say hi & get some local knowledge. Owner of Reefseekers Dive Company (Ken Kurtis),
Isla San Benedicto – Day 2…. Read More »
Dear F&F, December 15-17, 2008 The distance to our destination was such that no matter how we calculated our possible speed & distance we would be underway 2 days & 2 nights in order to time a daylight arrival. Going to an island unknown to us, it is only prudent seamanship. Before exiting the marina,
Passage: San Jose del Cabo to Isla San Benedicto….. Read More »
Dear F&F, December 12-13, 2008 We were happy that the windlass worked flawlessly as we upped the anchor at 6 am. It was still dark, with dawn coming about 40 minutes later. We took 3 hour shifts being on watch, although we were both awake most of the day. The 175 mile trip took us
Passage Mazatlan to San Jose del Cabo and reprovisioning….. Read More »
Dear F&F, December 4-11, 2008 Wrenching, because we had to use wrenches. Wrenching, because it took us 3 attempts to finally get out of Dodge. Attempt #1 Dec 4 In preparation for departure we hired a local diver to clean the bottom of the boat. The water in the marina is gross, so it was
WRENCHING DEPARTURE from MAZATLAN….. Read More »
Dear F&F, October 12th – December 11th When we returned from Copper Canyon, we had to get serious about getting the boat ready for the upcoming season. Many of you know, our boat was built for us in France and new in 2004. Despite having professional shipright Bill Bornemann in Marina del Rey, work 2
Dear F&F, October 2nd though 9th When Cindy and I returned from our trip up to LA and Santa Rosa, we were looking forward to our long awaited inland tour of Mexico\’s Copper Canyon. This is the Grand Canyon of Mexico, but 5 times bigger. Several rivers and most of the canyon complex is deeper