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- In the Shadow of Balandra (Captain Thatch)**Steph here for quick intro, doing some site maintenance (read: wondering if we should keep it or finally say goodbye almost 2 years after the trip) and found this unpublished… Read more: In the Shadow of Balandra (Captain Thatch)
- All or Nothing or Something Else (Captain Thatch)Well now! Been a while. It’s amazing what happens to time when traveling by sail. Days blur together like drops on a watercolor painting, and a week goes by too… Read more: All or Nothing or Something Else (Captain Thatch)
- Essence of Epic – The Sea of Cortez
- Cabo San Lucas to La PazWe watched the 55lb anchor hit the golden sand of Cabo San Lucas from 20 feet above, through crystal clear water. I clawed at dirty clothes and now redundant jackets… Read more: Cabo San Lucas to La Paz
- Potentially Interesting Facts (Steph)Hello friends, Steph here. Pardon our blog delay; after arriving in Cabo San Lucas we were overwhelmed with, well, fun mostly. And provisioning. Los Cabos is the end of the… Read more: Potentially Interesting Facts (Steph)
- Pacific Side Mayhem Part 2 (Captain Thatch)Hello again – it’s been a bit but we’ve been off galavanting on cell-service-less islands. We’ll describe how we got there but first: back to our “most challenging passage yet”… Read more: Pacific Side Mayhem Part 2 (Captain Thatch)
- Pacific Side Mayhem Part 1 (Captain Thatch)After our legal debacle and rental car round-trip to San Diego, we were eager to sail far away from Ensenada. We left right at sunset, without much wind forecasted. The… Read more: Pacific Side Mayhem Part 1 (Captain Thatch)
- The Middle Ages (the Pacific side of Baja)
- A Sea Of Stars… (Captain Thatch)I write this in the cockpit, my iPad on my knees, the gentle purr of our recently installed fixed blade propeller doing its part to slowly wear out the packing… Read more: A Sea Of Stars… (Captain Thatch)
- Hola Ensenada (Captain Thatch on Feb 13th)Steph and I keep joking that we can’t wait for the adventure to “actually start”. We left San Diego, high-fived for the um-teenth time, toasted yet another leg of our… Read more: Hola Ensenada (Captain Thatch on Feb 13th)
- Goodbye… San Diego (Captain Thatch)We just officially heard our first Spanish radio chatter! I am sitting in the cockpit watching a supringlingly green Mexican coastline go by. There are high-rise hotels right along side… Read more: Goodbye… San Diego (Captain Thatch)
- BBC (Before Border Crossing)
- Land Ho! (Steph)We did it! We completed our 11 hr maiden voyage from Port Huemene to Catalina Island, and we are absolutely exhausted. Not only was the sail itself laborious (for Thatcher),… Read more: Land Ho! (Steph)
- Sigh…of relief (Captain Thatch)Whew! Alright, here’s another update. But not before I fill up my cup of trail mix, sip it like juice keeps the hands clean (or the trail mix clean if… Read more: Sigh…of relief (Captain Thatch)
- Leave When You’re Ready (Captain Thatch)Greetings! Steph and I waved goodbye to another good weather window for departure this morning, something we’re getting pretty used to. We were initially delayed by flooding, heavy rain and… Read more: Leave When You’re Ready (Captain Thatch)
- Forefront of Departure (Captain Thatch)Here it goes! My (Thatcher’s) first entry. Where to begin? I write this at both the tail end and the onset of a monumental year. The sailing vessel Sea Otter,… Read more: Forefront of Departure (Captain Thatch)
- Bon VoyageHello friends and family. As many of you know, Thatcher and I are about to set sail for the Sea of Cortez, and we couldn’t be more excited. I want… Read more: Bon Voyage
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