What’s better for cruising: Mexico or the Caribbean?
Hopeful cruisers sometimes wonder where to start their adventures afloat. Pacific side of Mexico or the Caribbean – both beautiful…
Blooper Reel: Jamie’s take on summer in the Sea of Cortez
Jamie wrote the lines below while we baked in the Sea of Cortez summertime heat while ducking bees zooming around…
Bringing holiday spirit cruising
If you’re cruising, you must be flexible. The weather doesn’t adapt to your plans. Familiar products you know from home…
How do you deal with garbage?
Cruising is rife with romantic ideals. Exploring faraway places and pristine environments; living in harmony with nature as we make…
Beat the heat in the Sea of Cortez
How do you stay cool in the Sea of Cortez? Summers place it among the hottest cruising grounds in the…
Weather routing for passages
Jamie will be the first to tell you he’s not a weather router. But weather advice has crept into the…
Preparing a boat for haulout
Leaving Puerto Peñasco’s harbor in our wake last December, I really expected it would be years – many years! –…
Foraging while cruising
The flavor of places we visit as cruisers is a meaningful part of the joy of cruising. The literal flavor:…
Reassurance from Baja’s bounty
Cruisers obsess over food sourcing and long-term storage more than the typical person. Over-provisioning is one of the classic new…
Vessel Restricted in Ability to Maneuver
ColRegs, the popular acronym for that mouthful “International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea,” includes in rule no. 3 the…