Many cruisers here in the Galapagos are, like ourselves, preparing for their longest voyage to date, and the activity in the harbor is apparent all…
First and most important – Happy Birthday Leslie! OK, now an update. We arrived at San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos mid day on the…
This is day two of the passage between Isla Cocos and the Galapagos. And unfortunately but not unexpectedly there is no wind. We’ve been motoring…
We’ll write more later about the stop here at Cocos, but let’s just say for starters that this is an amazing place. The island is…
We’re finally on our way to the South Pacific! We rounded the corner out of the Gulf of Papagayo about a half an hour ago…
We’re still in Bahia del Coco in Northern Costa Rica after three weeks of visitors and big winds. Coco is at the southern end of…
A lot of sailors believe that as soon as you think about reefing the main you should do it, no matter what the conditions. Yesterday…
We left Golfito this morning at first light heading towards the north side of the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica. It’s about 70 miles from…
It was a beautiful sunny day with light breezes as we sailed from Golfito to Drakes Bay in Costa Rica. On watch, I was startled…
Here we are this morning back in Costa Rica, but this time in the southern part of the country in the little town of Golfito.…