Author: Radu

Project Cruiser’s Life 08: Roger Brown on SV Tropic Tramp

Project Cruiser’s Life 08: Roger Brown on SV Tropic Tramp

08. Interview with Roger D. Brown on SV Tropic Tramp/United States. After building houses in his spare time and working in railroad crash clean ups for most of his life, Roger has been cruising since he bought Tropic Tramp in 1994. He has sailed from 

Project Close-up: Salvador Cabrales

Project Close-up: Salvador Cabrales

Salvador Cabrales of Astilleros Cabrales, born in Phoenix AZ,  is a third generation boat builder and passionate about all things boat and Puerto Peñasco, the town he grew up in before moving back to Phoenix as a teenager. Salvador oversees the pleasure boat services for Astilleros 

Project Cruiser’s Life 07: Marie-France Cantin + Mike Knapp on SV Déjàlà

Project Cruiser’s Life 07: Marie-France Cantin + Mike Knapp on SV Déjàlà

07. Interview with Marie-France Cantin & Mike Knapp on SV Déjàlà/Canada. Marie-France and Mike wanted a classic sailboat with high-tech brains. Carefully renovated, she has an electric engine and the most energy efficient electronic systems available. Just after we had anchored in Bahía de los Ángeles we heard a call 

Project Cruiser’s Life 06: Elizabeth Baggs + Alan Bradley on SV Vivacia

Project Cruiser’s Life 06: Elizabeth Baggs + Alan Bradley on SV Vivacia

06. Interview with Elizabeth Baggs & Alan Bradley on SV Vivacia/USA. Just before retirement, Elizabeth and Alan envisioned what they wanted to do and how they would want to live. They decided that cruising might be a great idea. Elisabeth had been a sailor when she was 

Project Cruiser’s life 05: Leslie + Andrew Godfrey on SV Sonrisa

Project Cruiser’s life 05: Leslie + Andrew Godfrey on SV Sonrisa

05. Interview with Leslie & Andrew Godfrey on SV Sonrisa/USA. Right out of college, Leslie & Andrew devised a ten-year plan to prepare for their sail around the world. They stuck to this plan, which included learning how to sail, saving enough money, finding the right boat and 

Project Cruiser’s Life 04: Margie Hewes + Bob Balman on SV Blessed Life

Project Cruiser’s Life 04: Margie Hewes + Bob Balman on SV Blessed Life

04. Interview with Margie Hewes & Bob Balman on SV Blessed Life/USA. After cruising Mexico for 8 months on a Catalina 30 in 2012 and traveling the US for a couple of years with a camper truck, this athletic couple fell in love with kite surfing 

Project Cruiser’s Life 03: Adriana Mascoli Fontes + Alexandre Fontes on SV Pesto

Project Cruiser’s Life 03: Adriana Mascoli Fontes + Alexandre Fontes on SV Pesto

03. Interview with Adriana Mascoli Fontes & Alexandre Fontes on SV Pesto/Brasil. After leaving high powered corporate jobs, Adriana and Alex have been cruising with their kids since the summer of 2014. They have sailed down the Pacific coast from Seattle to Mexico and then crossed the 

Project Cruiser’s Life 02: Debbie + Phil Perfitt on SV Coastal Drifter

Project Cruiser’s Life 02: Debbie + Phil Perfitt on SV Coastal Drifter

02. Interview with Debbie and Phil Perfitt on SV Coastal Drifter/Canada. Since they left Canada in 2013, the Perfitts sailed from Canada, down the West Coast of the US and to Mexico with their grandkids and crossed the Pacific in April of 2017. The interview 

Project Cruiser’s Life 01: Cherry + Alec Yarrow on SV Rainbow Gipsy

Project Cruiser’s Life 01: Cherry + Alec Yarrow on SV Rainbow Gipsy

01. Interview with Cherry and Alec Yarrow on SV Rainbow Gipsy/South Africa. This amazing couple has been on the seas since 2008. Starting in South Africa, they sailed through Asia to China, Japan, the Northern Pacific to Alaska and south to San Diego, where we met 

Anchor

Anchor

Midnight. I’m caught in the middle of thousands and thousands of bouncing bright stars and the mighty Pacific Ocean. Everything moves. Everything. Archimedes once said that if he would have a fixed point he would be able to turn the Universe up side down. He 

Happy

Happy

I asked Maria and her son Victor, our hosts at cafe in Bahía del Tortuga, how is life? “Although we live a simple life… we are happy.” Well there you have it!  A large family… a piece of land by the sea … a little 

Trust

Trust

When our grandson Adam was two or three years old, he had a blast jumping in his father’s arms from the kitchen counter-top. He was laughing and enjoying every second of it, asking for more and more. That’s TRUST. You have to trust your partner 

Destination …

Destination …

May 15th, 2016. Today we cast off from Shelter Island Marina/San Diego at 0600 hours. Our destination …Ensenada Mexico. It’s been a year and a half of hard work, learning, good days and bad. We were fortunate to meet good people to help us along