October 25, 2018
All told we spent less than 24 hours in Santa Rosalia. I like this town, but we had dreams that involved snorkeling and hiking. After a couple of trips to the panaderia, touring the old mining equipment, and picking up a few forgotten groceries – oh and a hot shower too, it was time to move on. First stop was…
October 20, 2018
Start of the fall sailing season! Excitement had been building for a few weeks, as had the pile of boat parts. This year rather than the 11 hour bus ride I opted to meet my crew member Mike in San Diego, where we would use the CBX border crossing to the Tijuana airport for a flight to Hermosillo. I had…
September 1, 2018
I put together this map after trying to find a source for anchorages in the Sea of Cortez and the western coast of Mexico. Please consider it a work in progress as I am sure I am missing a number of great spots. If you have a favorite I missed please send an email and I’ll add it to the…
August 18, 2018
The plan was to head out on our KTM Adventure bikes from Rapid City, SD and work our way as far south on the Colorado BDR until we needed to turn around and work our way back north. All told we put 1,853 miles on the odometer, with well more than half being on dirt. Day 1, four of us…
July 21, 2018
**Note the 1290 has new circuity that requires a pulse to be transmitted and the bypass instructions below will not work** It is a known issue that the stock KTM side stand switch/sensor frequently fails and when it does leaves you stranded. Well just such a situation came up on a short tuneup tour my friends and I took to…
June 5, 2018
During my normal engine checks I noticed rust below the starboard Yanmar exhaust elbow. This can be a huge deal because if the inner tube has a rust hole, the raw cooling water can be pushed into the cylinders and hydrolock the engine. So for a week we limited the starboard engine to anchoring until a new exhaust elbow could…
June 4, 2018
Before the rally my step-father asked if I could make the Stanley cup finals if he bought tickets. Um, hell yeah! It did however present a significant change of plans. Instead of a relaxing final month it would be a sprint to the finish and a rush to shutdown Strikhedonia for the hurricane season in San Carlos where she would…
June 3, 2018
We have tried our best to keep Tohatsu 9.8hp 4 stroke outboard running smoothly, when we would be gone more than a week or two we always flushed with fresh water and ran the gas out of the carburetor bowl. At the end of each season came an oil change. This gave us three years of trouble free operation but…
May 24, 2018
Last year five catamarans shared a week long rally in the Sea of Cortez. For the 10th annual rally Kurt Jurman (owner of Westcoast Multihulls) stepped it up, big time to the tune of 15 multihull sailboats! West Coast Multihulls is opening a sailing school and charter business in Puerto Escondido and Kurt was able to arrange a couple free…
May 19, 2018
The Multihull/Seawind rally was quickly approaching so further north we went, stopping in another favorites spot Agua Verde. With no fresh veggies since Mazatlan (San Evaristo’s tienda was pretty bare) we were hoping that the tienda in town would replenish our supplies. So off in the kayaks we went. After a tour of the town and checking out the two…
May 17, 2018
Shocker, but we made an early morning departure from San Evaristo. Yes, there is a theme on Strikhedonia… We had a nice trip north, and managed to sail the last few hours without the rumble of the engine. When we arrived in the anchorage we waved to our friends Nancy and Mike on Shanti, then found a good spot a…
May 15, 2018
Making the break from Bonanza we were able to quickly get our sails up and make some good speed (8.5 knots). Not unexpected, the valleys on Isla Espirtu and Isla Partida acted as funnels channeling and increasing the wind speed. Moving up the islands was a pattern of reefing the sails followed by shaking out the reefs as we moved…