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...
by sailingwithbloom | Dec 31, 2016 | Cruising in Mexico, Families on Boats, Sailing
We were planning to stop and spend a little time at each of the anchorages between Bahia Tortugas and Cabo (Asuncion, Abreojos, Hipolito, San Juanico, Bahia Santa Maria, Mag Bay) but after 5 days at Turtle Bay, the last few where it was blowing hard, we were a bit...
by sailingwithbloom | Nov 28, 2016 | Cruising in Mexico, Families on Boats, Land Adventures, Sailing, Sailing the Pacific Coast
Definitely not a passage you would want to do at night, the voyage to Bahia de Tortugas (Turtle Bay) was choppy and the seas were confused and FULL of lobster pots. The entire Keller Channel was littered with lobster pots. So much that all three of us had to be on the...
by sailingwithbloom | Nov 18, 2016 | Cruising in Mexico, Families on Boats, Sailing, Sailing the Pacific Coast
We left Ensenada Nov 18th with another ‘family boat’, sv Dakota. We were all bound for Cabo San Quintin (pronounced ‘KEEN-TEEN’), which is about 100 nautical miles south of Ensenada. We decided a night sail would be the best option so that we...
by sailingwithbloom | Oct 15, 2016 | Living Aboard, Sailing, Sailing California, Sailing the Pacific Coast, Uncategorized
We got up early and set sail from Alamitos Bay to Avalon Bay on Santa Catalina Island. It was about 25 nautical miles and was an absolutely beautiful day to be on the water. We managed to get some and sail part of the trip as well- how about that!? We were greeted by...
