by sailingwithbloom | Apr 18, 2019 | Boat Projects & Chores, Cruising in Mexico, Families on Boats
We got towed into the harbour in Mazatlan 14 months ago now. You can read our story here- Sea Shepherd to the Rescue- Stranded in the Sea of Cortez. To sum it up in a quick nutshell, our engine died about 7 hours of La Paz while we were in a channel. We ended up...
by sailingwithbloom | Mar 13, 2018 | Cruising in Mexico, Families on Boats
Our next destination was Mazatlán, Sinaloa, on Mexico’s mainland coast. With a little over 200 nautical miles to get there, we planned for a full two-day crossing and did all of our due diligence before departing: provisioning and food prep, engine checks,...
by sailingwithbloom | Feb 1, 2018 | Cruising in Mexico, Families on Boats
After waiting out the 2017 hurricane season onboard in San Carlos, we were anxious to get back out on the water and do some more exploring! We left on November 3rd and decided to spend a night at a nearby anchorage called Algodones which was a short hop away. The seas...
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 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...
by sailingwithbloom | Aug 26, 2017 | Cruising in Mexico, Families on Boats, Sailing
We planned to leave La Paz in mid-June, but we had a couple of things come up that delayed us some. We discovered that our muffler had some corrosion in it which had created pinholes causing it to leak. No bueno. So, we either needed to order a new one from the USA...
