Ship's Log Blog

On the road again

After a very hot week of prepping Stormy for storage in San Carlos at the Marina Seca, we are now on our way back to San Francisco. The process was more difficult than we...

//WL2K Raining in San Carlos

Sailing Report: We dropped the anchor in San Carlos at 0630 this morning and were greated with a cool rain shower thanks to hurricane Amanda I’m sure. Conditions exceeded expectations and Stormy was a...

//WL2K Crossing the Sea!

We are leaving this morning (Wed. 5/28/14 0830) to make the big jump across the Sea of Cortez from Isla San Marcos to San Carlos. It’s about 70nm, and we should arrive by noon...

//WL2K Playa Coyote, free iPhone!

//WL2K Playa Coyote, free iPhone!

Bahia Concepcion has been windy. We have had 20+ knots every afternoon since we got here. This seems to have also really stirred up the water and reduced visibility making the snorkeling feel like...

//WL2K Bahia Concepcion

With wind on our nose most of the way, it took us about 10 hours to get to Bahia Santo Domingo on the northern end of the Bay of Concepcion. We dropped the anchor...

//WL2K Punta Pulpita

Just a one night stopover on our way to Bahia Concepcion. Cooking Report: made an awesome pizza last night with rice flour for the dough and mexican style tomato jalapeno sauce. I didn’t think...

//WL2K San Juanico, Windy Oasis

We are currently at anchor in Caleta San Juanico. We motored about 4 hours on a glassy, calm sea from Isla Carmen only to arrive and find easterly thermal winds blowing through the anchorage...

Off Road Meets Boat

We left La Paz after installing our awesome new water maker, saying goodbye to friends Dan and Dee, and getting one last look at the dolphins. The Ryan’s (Steve, Genny and Lizzy) had been...

//WL2K It’s just a skipjack…

Left Puerto Escondido with Genny and Steve on board. Their two kayaks were strapped to the top of the zodiac which we towed behind us. It looked like a weird plastic pontoon boat. We...