February 8, 2020
Back in Perula, Ralph and Helen had talked to a couple on a monohull named Cadenza, the owners Jay and Terri had been over for dinner and mentioned they had some friends who were looking at buying a catamaran. They had been impressed with the layout on Moon Drifter, and knowing that we planned to sell Strikhedonia Ralph mentioned that…
February 6, 2020
With supplies getting low on Sky Pond and plan was hatched to join them on a trip to La Manzanilla for provision. In the morning there was a pretty good surge, so the revised plan was to take Strikhedonia over in the morning and use the kayaks to get to shore rather than risk flipping a dinghy. We made the…
February 5, 2020
Sadly, it was time to move south and say goodbye to Moon Drifter. Another easy passage brought us into a crowded anchorage but a warm welcome from our friends Carl and Roxy in their 1160 Sky Pond. We quickly fell into the rhythm of life in Tenacatita; beach walks, bocce ball, drinks at the palapa. Oh and a new thing,…
February 1, 2020
Back aboard Strikhedonia and it was a rush to get provisioned and off the dock. Thankfully with all the work done before heading home for Christmas it was quick and easy. As is our usual we headed out to Punta de Mita in the afternoon and then woke up at 11:00pm to start the trip down to Pérula. It was…
December 21, 2019
After motoring to Paradise Village from Yelapa, we pulled into a nice slip with plenty of boat projects to get done as well as visiting with our friends who live in Vallarta. Of course trips to the pool and eating out every night soften the affects of daily boat work. Sadly, or maybe not given the work, it was quickly…
November 28, 2019
With the wind mellowed, we dropped the mooring ball pendant at 7:00am and made our move south to Los Gatos. As we approached Candeleros a SE swell hit us, the period was reasonable and the shape rolled the waves under us without too much discomfort. With the Jib out we added a few tenths of a knot to help fight…
November 23, 2019
Sadly it was departure day for Teresa and Jack. The question was could we drop them off in Loreto or would we divert to Puerto Escondido? Jack didn’t see any whitecaps but Vicki and I were skeptical since it had been blowing since 2:00am and the daylight was just creeping up. But we headed for Loreto, the first fifteen minutes…
November 20, 2019
Crazy, crazy weather. Overnight at 3:00am we had more rain. Light to moderate. It sounded nice tapping the boat and by morning it had passed on and left us with a spectacular sunrise. I jumped in a kayak and paddled to shore for my daily hike to the hill overlooking the bay. Today I added the smaller hill in front…
November 16, 2019
As soon as we could see the pass out of Isla Coronado we were moving. Lots to get done before Jack’s wife and my friend Vicki arrived. We motored the entire way to Puerto Escondido, the jib was up more for moral support than to pull us along. Arriving we tied to the dock and busted out a fast boat…
November 12, 2019
1:00am pee break interrupted my sleep, s I worked to get back to sleep we started to get a bit of wind. Nothing concerning, just a light breeze. It was however enough to make falling asleep a challenge. Speed forward an hour and it is blowing much harder. What the hell, the forecast was no wind until 9:00am. I waited…
November 9, 2019
Ah how a good night’s sleep restores the body. But relaxing doesn’t get the work done, so 7am we loaded up the Jerry cans and headed for Pemex to replenish the fuel we used to get here from Penasco. Soon we had biocide in the Jerry cans and everything tucked back on the storage locker. Project one, check! Knowing we…
Anchor was up just before 6:00pm and our night passage was under way. I finished up cooking some pulled pork for sandwiches with lots of veggies plus a salad. The downside of not having first watch was a shitty of a watch schedule with really only 3 hours during the night to sleep. Still compared to our bash up to…