A friend of mine who is happily working on her own families cruising future asked about connectivity in Mexico. This was a huge question for me before we left so I thought I’d share our experiences. Mobile Phone Now, this might sound like an infomercial for T-Mobile. They have a great plan that provides us …
Summers in Mexico on a boat are typically hot and windless unless you get visited by a hurricane or the evening corumel winds that howell across the baja into the sea at night. For this reason, cruisers either go way up north up into the Sea of Cortez to haul out, South toward Panama or …
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!