Flamboyant island-style clothing swayed in the wind under vendors’ canopies, colorful murals adorned brick walls, and streetside restaurants and cafés pumped out smells of delicious…
Hurry Up and Wait…for a Weather Window
There’s really only one way to start this blog — with the weather. For those unfamiliar with living and cruising on a sailboat, there’s a…
Yahtzee’s Colombian Hurricane Home and Spa
It was about 8:15 a.m. when I climbed off Yahtzee’s stern onto the dock in Cartagena. The sun had been up for a couple hours and…
Moments of Clarity in Kuna Yala
There’s an image in the photo album on my phone that I find myself coming back to often. I took it from a white sand…
What’s life like on passage?
From Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska, all the way south to Mexico and Central America, one of the things I’ve always enjoyed about writing…
Happily Back Home on the Sea
Last week I wrote a sailing story for the blog, but it felt a bit rushed to jump back in after so many months off…
Video: 450-miles Downwind from Nicaragua to Mexico
With hurricane season fast approaching in the tropics and cruisers making decisions about staying aboard or stowing their boats, we’ve once again decided to park…
Embracing ‘One Week Cove’
Sitting on Yahtzee’s cabin top, I watch in utter fascination as prehistoric-looking pelicans catch their dinner behind the boat in what has become a nightly…