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I spent 10 days in the port town of Atuona on the island of Hiva Oa. Mostly to deal with official arrival, provisions, fuel and have a meal served to me after 8 weeks!. I took advantage of the waiting periods between official acts by renting a car and traveling about Hiva Oa’s few dispersed communities. Geography […]
*La Paz to Frailes* After picking up a crew in La Paz, installing an additional 300 watts of solar, minor repair to the low oil alarm sensor wire, patiently waiting for the much delayed long term visa from the USA French Consulate and a solid day of checking out of Mexico, I made my way […]
Looking for some place to cruise out of Santa Rosalia? Try out San Marcos Island. Known for it’s dusty gypsum mine on the south end of the island and can be in hospitable at times. Being a vacation/ holiday week we decided to visit the south beach between Punta Blanca and Punta Tijera. This is […]
Estrella was in much need of bottom paint as primer was showing through. Eduardo, Fonatur Marina manager, got me out of the water and on the hard within a couple of days from our arrival. Francisco, the yard work manager got his guys scraping the bottom while Estrella was still in the sling! By the […]
We had a very easy night crossing from Santa Rosalia to the Guaymas area. 8 to 10 knot winds and under 1 foot swell. Dropping anchor in a safe protected and empty bay was the order of the day break. Bahia Catalina was the spot. We anchor in 18 feet of water. The land breeze, […]
Ten days out of LA Paz, dodging northerlies I spent a week in Puerto Escondido on a mooring bouy in the mooring field. They are proud of their bouys as a ball in Escondido is the same price as a slip in Santa Rosalia or Guaymas! That said, the facilities are very nice and the […]
date April 15, 2022 After power washing her bottom I found that about 25% of the bottom paint peeled off to existing barrier coat. This is compared to losing 10% three years ago with the same process. So, I decided to do the big job and strip all bottom paint down to the barrier coat, […]
There was an interesting post on the Cruiser Forum asking for any success stories from inexperienced buyers of large boats. I started out writing a along diatribe about my experiences buying Estrella, as, at the time, I considered myself very inexperienced. After writing for a while I realized this long story belonged on my site […]
I had hoped to do some shopping on Orcas Island as the wind predictions on Windy and Predict Wind agreed that there would be light westerlies. The San Juan waterways did not cooperate! Hoping for the best I left Blind Bay and headed for the long East Sound of Orcas Island. The south side of […]
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