Tag: Terikah

  • Northerlies for Navidad

    Into the Sea, we were greeted by the expanse of white sand beach and turquoise waters that is Playa Bonanza.  In sheer bliss, we paddle boarded to shore, dug our toes into the sand, delighted in new shells, swam; then realizing we had brought neither water (nor beer) to shore; paddled back to the boat,…

  • Winter Solstice Musings & Mirages

    San Jose del Cabo had the perfect marina to regroup for two nights – fuel up, scrub the salty boat, fill the fridge, do the laundry.  It was quite the fancy marina, as we tucked between mega yachts feeling small and dirty, fancy art sculptures along the marina sidewalks.  I wanted to do my own…

  • Mangroves & Poetry Passages

    Bahia Magdalena (known to yatistas as Mag Bay) is a massive, sheltered bay of mangroves, sand dunes, and fishing villages, 25 by 13 miles in size.  We anchored for four nights off the village of Puerto Magdalena and could have stayed another week to explore the mangrove systems and beaches.  The town has about 50…

  • Bahia Asuncion & Bahia Santa Maria

    Bahia Asuncion is 50 nm south of Turtle Bay.  After a wonderful downwind sail with our asymmetric spinnaker flying, we anchored off this active fishing village for a few nights.  The beach made for excellent walking, shell collecting, and surf swimming.  The town is rustic, but had one main paved road with “handicap accessible” sidewalks…

  • Conversations with the Moon: Ensenada to Bahia Tortugas

    Mexican exit paperwork seems to take even longer when standing at the dock, lines ready to throw, as sunset rapidly approaches on the night of a greatly anticipated departure.  We had checked out of Ensenada in the morning, as boats have to check in and out of each major Port of Entry, but the papers…

  • Mexico!

    As I write this, Calder and Cora are up in the marina common area playing cards with some other cruising teens they met, live Mexican music plays in the background, and Chris and I evaluate weather systems and decide the best course of action for an incoming weather system – should we get ahead of…

  • The South Wind Doth Blow…

    …and SV Terikah shall stay put in San Diego one more week!  The prevailing wind and waves along this coast to Mexico are from the North, which makes for a lovely downwind sail and comfortable seas.  Winds from the south can turn into an uncomfortable bash – not the way we want to start this…

  • 2 Weeks Until Departure…

    Halloween night… and the scariest thought is whether we are going to be ready to go in 2 weeks.  The answer is a resounding NO, but we will never be fully ready…and the November 14 departure date is set.  There is no more room in the inn after that date, as another boat takes our…

  • Transitions & Preparations

    Casting off the figurative lines from our home in Petersburg, Alaska to begin our family voyage brought more emotions than I anticipated, from tears to excitement, from nervousness to disbelief; it created an overall very surreal experience as we boarded Alaska Airlines to head south to SV Terikah in San Diego.  The prior month had…

  • Our Itinerary

    As we rapidly approach the departure date from our home of Petersburg, we are asked many questions from weather concerns to pirates, from provisioning to schooling.  I hope to tackle these inquiries in the blog over time.  However, the question that I’ve gotten the most this week is, “So, where are you going again?!”  It…