Yelapa is a great little bay about 16 nm from La Cruz. A great waterfall just at the edge of town and an even more impressive waterfall about a 2hr hike from town. Best restaurant is Taqueria las Ab ...

Everything is going great with the boat projects. I varnished the cabin sole of the entire boat. Three coats of epifanes rapidclear and two coats of rubbed effect varnish. A lot of work over a week t ...

Hi everyone. I am back in la Cruz. It has been a long time since posting. I am slowly getting the boat sorted. I have the dodger, bimini and sails on. The running rigging is in place. The floors are ...

We had some great weather and sailing for most of the last month with a few days of heavy rain. I got the dingy davits installed. But first the dingy bottom needed cleaning as it had sat in the water ...

I have the power. All 600 ah or 7680WH. Ok that is super geeky even for me but my batteries got delivered. I ordered two 12v 300ah LifeP04 batteries from Amazon.com.mx. They arrived.! They are alive ! ...

I was workinng on some projects over the Xmas break. I got the new VHF radio installed and the new AIS (Automatic identofication System )installed. This means you can follow Salida on her journey once ...

There is trouble in paradise, also known as Pierre. Now dont get me wrong It was great having him on board. He came down with boat parts and a prebuilt cabinet for the air conditioning unit. ...

Team Stobbe arrived with more parts including a fold up bicycle. We went out for dinner and drinks at La Cruz Inn. Best margherita in town. I had an invite from Attila the Hun(garian )to crew on hi ...

We sucessfully did the first overnight anchor of Salida (for us). We sailed to Punta Mita in great winds, getting the boat up to 8 knots. We cooked a great meal on the BBQ and watched a great moonr ...

Still working on the depth sounder. Works great at dock so tomorrow we will do a sea trial. Did an oil change today and decided to work on the throttle lever at the same time. The boat has a very shor ...