Winding It Down
This is a reprint of a story I wrote for Lattitude 38, which is a West Coast sailing magazine. If you haven’t seen it here it is! It details our 2018 travels in Mexico and Central America. Happy Together, our … Continued
Our Ten Favorite things about Mexico
Top 10 lists are awesome A few years ago, I read a blog called “how to write a sailboat blog”. The first lesson was (and the author was screaming in caps) “Don’t ever do a top 10 list”. Never. Cliché, … Continued
Cruising the Happiest Coast in Mexico
Alone again….naturally We took off from Barra Navidad and headed for Manzanillo where the famous Las Hadas resort had its day in the sun (so to speak) for the movie “10”. The overnight sail (motor) was great as usual and … Continued
The Pacific coast of Mexico is “Swell”
Where did they come from? We knew the Pacific Ocean had big swells. They come from Aleutian storms in the very North Pacific. I dealt with them as a kid sailing offshore in Northern California. They would roll in from … Continued
The Many Sides of Mexico
Mexico Is Big The title of this video was easy. There is so much to see and do in Mexico you could spend a lifetime exploring it. To some, Mexico means Cancun or Cozumel, tequila shots and don’t drink the … Continued
Meet our new yacht! Leopard 50
Come on…you could have guessed When Leopard finally introduced the replacement model for the wildly successful Leopard 48, many people asked if we were going to buy one. Why would we? The 48 is great and it’s all a couple … Continued
The Galapagos of Mexico
Maybe Jane Goodall? I may have to take the ape tamer to the Galapagos with me. We will be there in 2020 (the real Galapagos) Lennie is scared of every noise on an island filled with wildlife. It was so … Continued
Voyage of Discovery
Hasta Luego Cruising does two things. It satisfies your quench for finding a new place and exploring it and then once explored it creates the desire to move on to the next place. That’s what we felt like after arriving … Continued
A Sail in the Mail!
An Island in Greece SV Delos has been an inspiration for Lennie and I. We found their channel before we even placed the order for our Leopard 48. We knew we wanted to travel by boat and we were preparing … Continued
How we built our Leopard 48
Where is the LE package? When you buy a car it’s easy. Each model has about three packages. LE for Luxury S for Sport and Deluxe for? You pick the one that suits your lifestyle and budget and make ONE … Continued