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A magical world.

A magical world.

A friend recently commented that the world I live in is a magical world. Very true. I love my life and the places we visit. I find enormous pleasure in watching the world. If a moment translates into a photo, even better, because then I 

Boat Yard Life.

Boat Yard Life.

A boat yard is home for a while for all boaters. Unless the maintenance of your boat is completely done and managed by others, you’ll spend some time in a boat yard. We are do-it-yourselfers and perfectionists, so that we spend a lot of time 

Lupe Therapy.

Lupe Therapy.

Yesterday, we hung out with Lupe. Lupe opened the one and only restaurant in Bahía San Evaristo two years ago. Cruisers, who anchor in this bay every year, encouraged this small fishing village of around a hundred souls to cater to the passing boats and 

Great Company, Great Food!

Great Company, Great Food!

The Benedict brothers of West Los Angeles had us over for dinner last night. We met Steven, the older of the two, at an arts and crafts show at Bahía de los Ángeles’ natural history museum, where he invited us for dinner. He picked us 

My Kind of People.

My Kind of People.

The other day in Bahía de Los Ángeles, we were sitting around with a bunch of cruisers under Guillermo’s palapa when a landlubber from Texas joined our group. He was a young Armenian immigrant to the US close to getting his Green Card and on 

Ironing Out the Kinks.

Ironing Out the Kinks.

Most of you wonder probably how does one live on a small sailboat with a partner. And then to go cruising and to be together all day, every day. Especially on passages and at anchor the boat is all you have. You can retreat to 

Relax!

Relax!

Relax already. We worked our butts off to get ready to leave. We researched and talked to a lot of people about what we will need for sailing and cruising. We put a lot of things on the Imagine to outfit her for cruising, but 

Today was an exciting day!

Today was an exciting day!

People have been telling us in San Diego that we would have great winds and following seas down the coast of Baja California. I was hoping we would too, but we had been so unlucky the last month with winds right on the nose or 

Cruising life just started today.

Cruising life just started today.

We were all ready to go to our next stops down the Baja, the boat was ship shape on deck and below, when Radu turned on the engine and noticed that the oil level was very low. Not sure if this was because the engine 

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 

We did it!

We did it!

We left San Diego, finally, at 6 am and crossing over into Mexican waters probably around one hour and a half later. We will check into the country with all formality in Ensenada tomorrow. The last days leading up to the departure were filled with