December 2008
Cabo San Lucas
Cabo San Lucas was a culture shock. After being more or less alone on the Baja for a month, when we turned into Cabo after an easy overnighter from Magdalena Bay, it was shocking. The two cruise ships, numerous parasailors and millions of jet-skiiers were just too much. It was so surprising that I had […]
Club Cruceros de La Paz
Update (March 14, 2009): We are leaving La Paz so this address is no longer valid for sending us mail. We joined the cruiser club here in La Paz. We're not sure that we're going to get much out of it, but they do offer a few services and it seems like the right thing […]
Caleta Lobos
Scream spent Christmas at beautiful Caleta Lobos, twelve miles north of La Paz. Caleta Lobos is the first really nice anchorage in Mexico and only the third of our trip. The other two are Neah Bay and Two Harbors on Catalina Island. We can see land in all directions, and for the most part it […]
No Socks in the Wash
We crossed the Tropic of Cancer on our last leg, and shortly after realizing that we were now officially in the tropics, we discovered that there was nary a single sock in the laundry. Coincidence? I think not. We've been worried all along how we'll deal with the climate in the tropics, as neither of […]
Magdalena Bay
Mag Bay is about the size of San Francisco Bay. The western side is formed by mountain islands while the eastern side is so flat as to be below the horizon when viewed across the vast bay from the anchorages. This gives the impression of another open roadsted anchorage, even when one is actually surrounded […]
Bahia Santa Maria
Scream spent two delightful nights at Bahia Santa Maria. The four mile wide by 11 mile long bay is in the lee of 382m tall Mount Lazario. A fleet of boats can tuck in directly behind the mountain in 30 feet, sand bottom. This location is well sheltered from Northerly or Westerly wind and swell. […]
Isla San Martín
After our failed attempt to stop at Islas San Todos, due to a large aquaculture operation taking up most of the anchorage area, we decided to press on. There was a somewhat marginal anchorage about thirty miles to the south, so we revved up the engine in the light winds and tried to get there […]
A Little Help From One's Friends
One of the things that never ceases to amaze me is how helpful cruisers are. Certainly, the Bluewater Cruising Association exemplifies this spirit, with its mission of helping folks who've lived the cruising life ("doners") connect with those who want to ("dreamers"). But we've found this desire to help each other outside of cruising clubs […]
Cruising the US Pacific Coast
Scream spent about three months cruising the pacific coast of the US this fall. Here are some of our thoughts from that time: For someone accustomed to sailing in BC or Puget sound the first thing to notice is that the anchorages here suck. There are very few anchorages on the pacific coast of the […]