Baja/Mexico
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November 9, 2012Safety at Sea: When Fury Overtakes a Cruisers’ Safe HavenAnchoring lessons are learned, some the hard way, when a freak winter storm blows into Mexico's Bahía de Banderas.
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May 1, 2012125 Miles To WindwardYou often hear folks claim that the trip from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas is so easy that anyone can make it on a 55-gallon drum. Of course, this means it is an inherently difficult passage when heading the other direction.
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April 27, 2012Vagabundos Del MarThere is no reason we must leave. We just want to go someplace else, see something else. I guess this is wanderlust.
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March 29, 2012Why The Radical Life Change?In early 2006, after our second daughter, Frances, was born, I had the mother of all epiphanies: we should quit our jobs, sell everything, buy a boat, and sail around the world.
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March 23, 2012Along For The Ride (or Shanghaied?)Inspired by a story in Cruising World, the author wonders if the cruising lifestyle is really in his kids' best interest.
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March 22, 2012Over the EdgeIn our twenties, we traded our boat for a house and our freedom for careers. In our thirties, we slumbered through the American dream. In our forties, we woke and traded our house for a boat and our careers for freedom. And here we are.
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April 6, 2011Sea Change in La CruzA favorite Mexican anchorage of Pacific puddle jumpers gains a premier marina but retains its small-time charms.
Electronic Updates
The Vesper Marine WatchMate Vision is arguably the most advanced Class B AIS transponder ever built, and was honored with an Innovation Award in Miami.
