by sailingwithbloom | Jan 26, 2018 | Cruising in Mexico, Families on Boats
After five hot weeks in Santa Rosalia, we had the opportunity to have several discussions with cruisers in the marina as they came and went in regards to weathering storms there. One boat in particular- sv Slipper, had weathered Hurricane Newton in 2015 at the dock in...
by sailingwithbloom | Jan 26, 2018 | Cruising in Mexico, Storm Preparation
During the summer in the Sea of Cortez, it is not only excruciatingly hot- there are Chubascos to worry about. A Chubasco is a suddenly-occurring, localized storm that brings thunder, lots of lightning, very strong winds and often lots of rain as well. Winds can...
by sailingwithbloom | Jan 1, 2018 | Cruising in Mexico, Families on Boats, Sailing
We headed out from Puerto Escondido and started our way North on July 17th, 2017. We got some sailing in and headed to Puerto Ballandra, on Isla Carmen. We first anchored in the Northern area of the bay but decided to move into the southern bay due to quite a bit of...
