Approaching Golfito in southern Costa Rica. Doug and I have been motoring for four days. Mostly no wind, though we had 30+ knots for a while a couple of days ago in the Papagallo. Now cloudy with lots of squalls and lightning. Never seen so much lightning. What’s the highest point around here? Oh, right…. […]
Still Alive, Just Not Sailing
Many people have written, wondering if something has gone wrong.¬† Well, the short answer is no.¬† The long answer is my plans are changing daily. ¬†The boat is on a mooring at Barillas Marina Club in Bahia Jiquilisco in El Salvador.¬† Doug has joined us.¬† So Gunilla, Doug and I have rented a car and […]
Goodbye old friends….
Off the coast of El Salvador. Smelled a wood fire last night, perhaps someone cooking, the scents of humanity blown out to sea. Someone asked me once what I miss at sea. Smells. There are no smells at sea, except those we create ourselves on the boat. No musty leaves, no dust, no asphalt, no […]
Even The Devil Has His Good Days
The Gulf of Tehuantepec. Flat calm. I’ve been gritting my teeth for days now, in anticipation of crossing this 240 miles where it blows gale force 140 days per year. But today, nothing. Other than a little unpleasantness this afternoon — 20 or 25 knots on the nose with some steep chop — it’s been […]
Back to Mexico
I have only once before seen the ocean this calm, 13 years ago when I was stuck for a few days in the middle of the Pacific High on the way back from Hawaii. It is almost surreal. The water is smooth as glass. Not a ripple. “Ventura’s” wake trails behind for a mile or […]