November 6, 2017
The hop from San Francisquito to Santa Rosalia is about 80 miles, using our typical speed of 6 knots would make for a 13 hour passage. Up at 2:00am on on our way with some moonlight to guide us out of the bay at a crisp 6.8 knots. Moon light departure from San Francisquito There is an interesting phenomenon just…
November 5, 2017
We really enjoyed San Francisquito. I mean really what isn’t to enjoy? Great fishing, check! Great snorkeling, check! Good hiking, check! Dolphins, check! Anchorage slot at San Francisquito There is a narrow slot in the bay of San Francisquito, which is a perfect place to wait out strong winds. Lucky for us the weather was calm since the slot was…
November 4, 2017
Our friends Mark and Isabel on JollyDog, a sister ship to Strikhedonia, had been in the Bahia L.A. area for a few weeks and our hope was to cross paths before the started moving south. As luck would have it they heard our radio calls and turned on their AIS giving us a rendezvous point. A few hours later we…
November 2, 2017
After a relaxing crossing, we settled in at El Alacran for an peaceful nights sleep that was nearly devoid of wind or waves. A perfect way to catch up on sleep and get reacquainted with the Baja. It is magical to watch the sunrise while staring out at the sea while on the Baja, it simply never gets old. Once…
November 1, 2017
We spent a night on the dock at the Fonatur marina in Guaymas. This gave a chance to rinse the boat off after all the dust and dirt in Gabriel’s yard and to get a few more things put back together. On arrival we followed the “best to ask forgiveness than permission” by tying up to the dock before getting…
October 28, 2017
Boats. Sometimes I just sit and shake my head at the amount of work it takes to keep a boat going. I owned an airplane earlier in life and let me tell you, airplanes are a cake walk. Boats just never stop asking for more. And then throw in a dumb-ass owner who loves new toys and it is a…
October 24, 2017
This is going to be a big season with a lot of friends scheduled to visit Strikhedonia. I try to put together guides to help visitors learn about sailing and to give them an idea of what they are in for… Anchoring is probably the most important part of sailing, at least if you want to sleep at night, yet…
August 17, 2017
Hurricane season, the our boat on the hard, leaves me longing for Mexico sunsets and tacos. But it also provides time to reflect and plan for the next season. Along those lines I finally updated all the distance traveled during the 2016/2017 season.
June 21, 2017
I became interested in finding out what other Seawind owners were using for anchors and it quickly morphed into adding other catamarans in the 38 to 42 foot range. It was interesting reading the emails, often the response was about how much they loved their anchor (I suppose you would ditch your anchor over the side permanently if you hated…
June 5, 2017
Whew, shutting down the boat was a significant block of work. Guaymas is a working port, no doubt about that, and between the seafood processing and industry there are a lot of smells and particulates in the air. I won’t say it was miserable but it was uncomfortable. But let me back up… Pulling into Guaymas harbor We pulled into…
May 26, 2017
Mother nature is the boss. Always. The Seawind rally was in full swing and we went to bed planning on a couple more days of rallying with our friends. The morning weather check caused a change of plans… we had a good weather window with south winds that would push us directly to Guaymas rather than the more typical crossing…
May 20, 2017
This was the ninth year for the annual Seawind Baja Mexico rally and after a number of years living vicariously through the posts of Lowell on Gato Loco we finally had the chance to join. It was a great group of boats with three 1160s (Moon Drifter, Jolly Dogs, and Strikhedonia), one 1000 (Gato Loco), and a non-Seawind catarman (Free…