November 9, 2025
5:15pm the anchor was secure and we were on our way to Muertos-, a sixty mile hop. To avoid the daily winds and associated waves we decided on a night passage and with the winds declining we had an easy passage with just a bit of wave action first few hours. At 1:30am we were off to bed with the…
November 8, 2025
With a 4:30pm departure we left in calm conditions and other than large fishing boats returning and rolling us around it was a mellow ease into the passage. The chicken we picked up was devoured and shortly thereafter Vicki and Jack headed down to rest. I enjoyed the nice conditions (the reason we are doing a night passage is to…
November 6, 2025
First, I am not a fan of Cabo. Too loud. Too many jetskis. Too rolly. But it is a great place rest up, provision, get fuel, and wait for a weather window to enter the Sea of Cortez. We checked all of those boxes, starting with lunch followed by getting fuel. Fuel transferred into the main tanks, Jack and I…
November 4, 2025
Enroute to Mag bay, I had the 3am – 6am watch and for the first time struggled to keep my eyes open the last hour. So I stood in the doorway with the cooler breeze and listened to podcasts. Jack got up about 6:30am and after switching engines, I handed things over to him so I could grab another hour…
October 30, 2025
Up at 5:30am for a 6:00am departure to Bahia Asuncion. Smooth departure in the dark using our tracks from coming in, plus Jack and Vicki on the bow looking out for floats that we avoided yesterday. Reaching open water the wind allow the screecher to be unfurled and we moved along at a good clip while fighting a knot plus…
October 29, 2025
One last latte, the purchase of a 5-gallon jug of water (emergency supply), and the return of the marina key – and we were off! About 8:00am we untied the dock lines and made out way out past the huge Carnival cruise ship. Fairly quickly the clouds filled in, the winds were light so we motored around the south point…
October 27, 2025
Our time in Ensenada was hectic to say the least! Following a somewhat lazy morning, we jumped in an Uber around 10am for Home Depot. First stop was to buy a Starlink Mini. That acquired, it was on to lunch while Vicki hit the Walmart next door for a fleece top and flip flip – I failed to mention it…
October 25, 2025
Whew, it was a whirlwind final week in the yard with the departure date getting pushed back a couple times. We went from two guys working on the boat to three or four per day, with the vast majority of the work polishing the boat. It was a slow arduous process, with many requests by me to go over an…
October 20, 2025
Another busy week and more unexpected projects checked off the list. On the plus side, my friend Jack arrived Friday and has made a huge improvement to the quantity of work and reducing mistakes (two brains are better than one). Hopefully just one more week to finish and get to Mexico!
October 11, 2025
It was another push week, the best feeling was getting all of the hyper critical items checked off the list (and a number of non-critical ones too). Geloat repairs and fore beam corrosion treatment/painting continued in the background by the guys at Miguel Hernandez Yacht Refinishing. Highlight Photos
October 3, 2025
I’m off the boat work for a few days and in Utah to watch my daughter compete for the US Biathlon trails. It is a much needed rest after a hard push on the boat work front. Backing up…before getting to work, it was a fun time cruising with Alison and Allan from Oxnard to Mission Bay, San Diego (with…
September 11, 2025
Strikhedonia is a 2008 Seawind 1160, I cannot comment on later models but from outside appearances, it looks like Seawind has not changed the design since the early models. The troublesome table (the lifting and spinning mechanism) has been a major headache for many owners to deal with. SV Sky Pond would only spin the table clockwise for fear of…