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…
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…
Insider ideas: Totem’s 2020 gift guide
Every year we put a holiday gift guide together, to help pick out something special for…
Bringing holiday spirit cruising
If you’re cruising, you must be flexible. The weather doesn’t adapt to your plans. Familiar products…
Where border crossing is easy
The road trip begins! The tyranny of the sock has returned to our crew. We have…
How do you deal with garbage?
Cruising is rife with romantic ideals. Exploring faraway places and pristine environments; living in harmony with…
Cruising untethered in the Sea of Cortez
Cruising is steeped in freedom. Thanks to coronavirus, that makes it more appealing than ever, while…
Beat the heat in the Sea of Cortez
How do you stay cool in the Sea of Cortez? Summers place it among the hottest…
Preparing a boat for haulout
Leaving Puerto Peñasco’s harbor in our wake last December, I really expected it would be years…
Foraging while cruising
The flavor of places we visit as cruisers is a meaningful part of the joy of…
Managing resources: propane on board
We ran out of propane last night. Inconveniently enough (is it ever convenient?) it happened in…
Going in the face of uncertainty
Taking our children under the Golden Gate Cheering on a family beginning their cruising dreams this…
How do you know where to anchor?
The deceptively simple question – how do you know where to anchor? – is more nuanced…
Reassurance from Baja’s bounty
Cruisers obsess over food sourcing and long-term storage more than the typical person. Over-provisioning is one…
Offshore crewing and inclusion
The catch-22 of getting offshore experience: being required to have prior offshore experience in order to…
Totem’s interim normal
A new rhythm patterns our secluded life as Totem floats off the cinder-strewn cone of Isla…
Vessel Restricted in Ability to Maneuver
ColRegs, the popular acronym for that mouthful “International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea,” includes in…