Chamela Our Pilot book told us that if we wanted to visit a truly authentic Mexican beach town – then Chamela Bay was the place to go.  It was not lying.  We weren’t very many boats at anchor and there were a number of beach restaurants.  Little Capri has training wheels now – so she…

As Carsten described in our last blog, we fled from the anchorage at Chacala after only one night.  Not only due to the unpleasant swells, we could have simply set a stern anchor, but also the cacophony of brass band music played at incredibly loud levels, drove us away.  We did not want to incur…

We set sail early one morning for the 200 some odd nautical mile run across the Sea of Cortez to Mazatlán.  After weeks of lying at anchor in La Paz getting blasted by the afternoon winds, we were sure we would have a wonderful sail across without having to sue our engine. We guessed wrong…

After 30,000 nautical miles, it is once again time to reflect a bit on our lives, sailing and other existential issues, such as the price of beer, our Grand Adventure and anything else we can think of.  Seven years ago, we took in our lines and sailed away from Copenhagen, our family, friends, career and…

So, first let’s say a few words about the Baja peninsula.  It stretches southward f800nm rom the southern border of California, USA between the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Sea of Cortez to the east.  Most of the land is arid and a semi-desert.  There is little natural water here and it seldom…

December 12, early morning, we took in our lines and left the Marina in Ensenada, bound for Cabo San Lucas, 800nm south.  We made a pit stop a couple of miles north of Ensenada to bunker fuel.  We topped our tank and made sure all our jerry cans were also filled to the max.  That…

The rigger has mounted a new, stronger traveler and the boom brake has been remounted with a new line. Carsten has posted a portion of our blog regarding our crash gybe on Cruisers Forum, hoping to get some feedback and good advice from other, more experienced cruisers, regarding boom brakes, mounting etc.  As usual, the…

August 11, 2022 and we are back in our “home harbor”, Port Angeles Washington, after 3.5 months sailing in Canada and Alaska – just a little loop of 2317 nautical miles.  During the coming week we will be getting Capri, ready for real ocean sailing. Since we more than 2 years ago made the decision…

One thing that Vinni and I have missed on our Alaskan journey is some history of the original population, the First Nations or Indians. They were spread over western Canada and Alaska and while they were not many in number, they lived throughout the area. They were hunters and fishermen. They did not have metalworking…

Mid-November 2019 we weighed anchor at Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas, bound for Hawaii.  We had been lured northward by many of our cruiser friends who had sailed Alaska and entertained us with stories, each more exciting than the last.  Glaciers, eagles, sea otters, grizzlies, sea lions, whales, orcas and anything else you can imagine.…