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 | 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 | Sep 30, 2016 | Families on Boats, Sailing, Sailing the Pacific Coast
After eleven wonderful days in Monterey, it was time for the Bloom crew to head on. We had a great weather window of 3 pretty calm-looking days in a row, so decided to do the jump to Santa Barbara with a stop in between in San Luis Obispo. We left Monterey at about...
by sailingwithbloom | Sep 30, 2016 | Families on Boats, Sailing, Sailing the Pacific Coast
We pulled out of Emery Cove Marina on September 10th and headed out of the shallow waters that are San Francisco Bay towards the Golden Gate Bridge. Passing Alcatraz, Bloom pushed forward towards dozens of other sailboats gliding across the bay. Under the bridge we...
by sailingwithbloom | Sep 9, 2016 | Land Adventures
After much contemplation as to how to get our dog, Ruby back from Gramma’s in Washington, (she lovingly doggysat our girl while we sailed down the rough part of the West coast) we decided to make a road trip out of it. Turns out none of us could bear putting her...
