As I write this we are sailing slowly but smoothly upwind (a close reach at about 2 knots in just under 12 knots of wind) from La Curz to Mazatlan. Leaving La Cruz was a bit hard! We have been there for just over a month and as another cruising mamma said “La Cruz has …
On February 28th, 2015 Cameron, the girls and I all moved from our lovely home, Blossom Creek Farm, up in Calistoga, to our lovely home, SV Banyan. Happy Cruisversary to us! Lots of cruisers, some of whom we have met, entered the cruising life only to realize that it wasn’t really their cup of tea. …
I cobbled together some video of our latest little passage from Tenacatita Bay up to Bandaras Bay on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. Click the link below or head to our YouTube page and subscribe to get our videos when I produce them (now and again). Vawters on the Water YouTube Cheers!
I’ve been away from Banyan for exactly 9 days on a work trip to Napa and Canada and I have 10 more days to go… *sigh* Working while cruising is a necessary part of many cruiser’s lives and while it is not strictly necessary for us at least for right now, it sure makes our …
When in Rome We are pretty conservative with our cruising kitty. Most areas of our budget are fairly fixed, but the food budget is one that we have the largest control over. To that end we figure that by eating as much like a Mexican as possible, we will not only learn a lot about …
Well we are ringing in the New Year on the mainland of Pacific Mexico. It’s hot, humid, lush and dreamy. Everything we were looking for when we left Baja California! After a nice brisk overnight sail from Los Muertos on the Baja Peninsula, we stopped in at Isla Isabella. This is an amazing island – …
Banyan is heading south! It’s just getting a little chilly for us up here in the sea… I know… all of you knee deep in snow are just groaning and rolling your eyes but – really, we are getting cold. When you have to wear a wet suit to get in the water it’s just …
Check out our YouTube page and watch a few clips from our trip down the Pacific Coast of Mexico with the BajaHaHa. See some fun moments that we are excited to share. The gift of the HaHa just keeps on giving! Thanks HandBrake for the great video compression software! Happy Sails!
Well the family on SV Banyan has been out of cell service and internet range for a while. I’m getting a little bit twitchy! Since we last did an update on our adventure we have moved north. We took off from Cabo San Lucas on the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula. We curled around …
Well that was fun… We had heard several things about the BajaHaHa before we joined in. We’d heard that it was a drunk fest/moving party. We had heard that no one actually knew how to sail or anchor. We heard that it was all retired types and not many families. So WHY did we join …