Author: Mike

For the best reading experience, I suggest putting on some Neil Young for this post. It was the vibe going as I wrote this, LOL – “Old Man” and “Heart of Gold”. Yes, we have arrived in La Paz. Our stay at Ensenada de Los Muertos was a nice one, about 7 days, just...

First off, thank you so much to everyone for the kind words about the posts and writing; that means so much.  I’ve never written anything before; this is a first.  I just write what’s on my mind and heart and Shannon is my editor.    Marissa has been pinned down by weather. We have...

Hello from SV Marissa! Well things are going good despite some interesting learning times. We’ve been learning to read the weather, sail, install a transmission, and over all, learning to become cruisers. We left San Jose del Cabo Monday the 9th of March at about 8:00am. We stopped at the fuel dock and topped...

March 5, 10:45 PM Wow, we received the new transmission today! It arrived about 2:00pm and I went right to work on it. I spent about 8 hours down inside “The Hole”, as I call it. Yes, there was some bad language and some small amount of crying, especially when I hit my head...

Hi Everyone! Hope all is good! We are still hanging in San Jose del Cabo waiting on this dang transmission! Customs has had it now for over a week and finally released it to our new hired broker. Man what a racket! Yeah, they got $1,500 US bucks from us and we think it’s...

Wow, where to begin!  Leaving San Diego, Shannon and I had very limited sailing and boating experience, and yet we were eager to set sail for the unknown. I had talked to several mechanics and our good friend (and in my opinion, top Captain in San Diego), Sean Hall,  and all agreed that we...

Hi Everyone! We were so stoked to have made it to Santa Maria Cove. Leaving Turtle Bay, the boat was smoking from the engine compartment and we had to go back and anchor again. After a few hrs. working on the motor, I had fixed the problem (lose motor belts). It seems like I’m...