Cruising Yields to Repairs and Projects
After Emily left, I was determined to resume my southward cruising, so it was on January 7th that I paid my marina bill and headed out of the harbor, stopping […]
Wings of Morpheus
Dream-borne images Rise out of humid sheets To fly the crystal evening I became the night sky With hair dark streamers behind And star-glimmered eyes My delight a silken whisper […]
Visitor from the Frigid North
It’s been so long since I’ve added to this blog that I had to go back through my most recent entries to recall what lies I’ve told. Thus, I discovered […]
Shifting northward
My first week in Mazatlan had been taken up mostly with exploration. I’d used the anchorage at Club Nautico as a convenient and inexpensive base while old Mazatlan enchanted me […]
A Sophisticated Acquaintance
Anchorage off Club Nautico is not luxurious, but it is cheap and provides much better access to Old Mazatlan than the marinas up in the Golden District north of the […]
Night Passage
Night has swept the sky away Horizon blazed itself to death O’erarching is the gone of day New moon is climbing to the west Her masts sway through the dark […]
On the Sea of No Regrets
Strange bay, strange country Skies overhead wheel into night Stark lights ashore soften on the bay Rippling to shadows as they approach What has brought us here Pushed by the […]
An Introduction to Mazatlan
Playa Isla de la Piedra, Mazatlan, MX Roy / Sunny and warm Jared and Amanda took Friday in search of more luxurious accommodations after the sun had been up for […]
Across El Golfo
Mazatlan, MX Roy / Dark and with sparse clouds We had conferred at dinner on Monday night and all agreed on Friday’s proposed plan of attack for Tuesday’s commencement of […]
Hasta la vista, La Paz
Ensenada des los Muertos, Mexico Roy / Sunny and not too warm Yes, it’s finally come time to say goodbye to La Paz. After a couple of days luxuriating in […]
S/V Mabrouka 