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Editor’s note: It was tough to choose a headline for this post. Very tempting to use one of the best palindromes ever: A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama! For…
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We’re spending two weeks in Panama City before we take Pineapple through the Panama Canal. It feels good to be here.
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Greetings from Panama City! We’ve sailed about 4,500 miles since leaving San Francisco, and it’s hard to believe our first season of cruising is almost over.
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Editor’s note: The headline is a reference to “Mo Money Mo Problems” by 1990s hip-hop artist The Notorious B.I.G. (in an unforgettable collaboration with Mase and Puff Daddy). You picked up…
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We’ve written at length about how much it costs us to cruise. And we’ve shared our money plan for accumulating the assets that now support our lifestyle. But we’ve left out…
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Before we left San Francisco, we were hungry for information, advice, and stories about the cruising life. Newly Salted and companion series Interview with a Cruiser became two of our…
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When we started our new habit of recording every single expense (see January and February here), it came with immediate rewards: We gained clarity about how we were spending our…
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As we assembled the jigsaw puzzle of our first cruising season, we started by building around a couple big pieces.
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Paw-ticular Harbor is back by paw-pular demand! (Okay, I’ll stop the paw puns now.)
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We have been in Northern Nicaragua for a week, and we’re loving every minute. Well, except the stifling heat. We’re pretty sure it’s reaching 100°F during the day, but can’t…
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Our 10 days in El Salvador were all about… contrast.
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It’s time for the second installment of “What it Costs to Cruise in Mexico”!
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Since sailing across the border into Mexico, we’ve covered 2,225 miles and stopped in 23 wonderful places. And now, after four incredible months, here we are at our last port…
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As we transitioned from “cruising curious” to “let’s make a 5-year plan” to “let’s leave on Wednesday”, we read a ton. Naturally, we wanted to know what it would be…
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Back in San Francisco, get-to-know-you conversation seemed to follow a script. First, innocent small talk: What part of town do you live in? How long have you been in SF?…
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News flash! It’s a lot cheaper to live in Mexico than in San Francisco!
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Months from now, when I look back at our time in Barra de Navidad, I already know I’m going to have a silly grin on my face.
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After three weeks in Banderas Bay, we’re on the move again. And we’re back in a comfortable cruising rhythm, sailing south, watching the coast glide past our port beam. As…
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After three weeks in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, we are finally ready to continue south. We plan to leave tomorrow.
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It’s hard to believe we left our life in San Francisco just three months ago. Since October 4, we’ve traveled almost 2,000 miles and made 23 stops. And in those…
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We’ve sailed just 173 miles since our last post from Mazatlan. It’s been easy going, apart from having to dodge whales and avoid fishermen’s “long lines.”
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We’re back to city life these past couple weeks—in La Paz, and now in Mazatlan, which is our first stop on mainland Mexico and already a highlight of our cruise.
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We stretched out the 120-mile trip from Cabo to La Paz, spending the last 11 days in five different anchorages just inside the Sea of Cortez.
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Seagoing navigation has changed a lot since the days of sextants and chronometers. Nowadays, most cruisers have a dedicated navigation display somewhere in the cockpit. On Pineapple, we do something…
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The name of a place is not just a name. It’s a stand-in for all kinds of thoughts, feelings, prejudices, and memories for both visitors and yet-to-be-visitors.
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We are thrilled to report we’ve made it all the way down the Baja peninsula and are now in Cabo! We are feeling super accomplished and proud we’ve made it…
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We’re now in Mexico! On Sunday we made the 65-mile trip from San Diego to Ensenada.
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Last Friday, after deciding to abandon our anchorage at Smuggler’s Cove on Santa Cruz Island, we started the engine, weighed anchor, and got underway for Prisoner’s Harbor on the other…
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On Friday we left Santa Barbara, planning to anchor on Santa Cruz Island for the night on our way to Los Angeles. The island is a short 25-mile trip, and…
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After an unexpected long weekend in Monterey, we were antsy to keep moving south as soon as the swells and wind died down along the coast.
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Everyone knows that sailboats are powered by the wind. But “powered” isn’t quite the right word. In practice, it’s just a few circumstances—mostly downwind, with somewhere between 10 and 30…
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On October 4, we left Sausalito for our passage to Mexico. We’ll have more stories to share along the way, but in the meantime, here’s a few photos of what…
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Good news: It’s a girl! Which would make this a mid-berth update, I suppose… Sorry, I will make better jokes next time. I promise. This post comes to you from…
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After waiting more than a year, our new Outbound 46 is finally on its way from Xiamen, China! We’ve been inching towards this goal since we ordered the boat in…
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We chose the name Pineapple more than two years ago, and now we are this close to having a boat to bear the name: Our new Outbound 46 is on…
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Of all the boats in the world, how did we choose this particular boat? (Pun intended, naturally.) There’s one simple reason. The Outbound 46 was designed for exactly what we’re…
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Last summer we sailed our boat to Catalina Island. After a week ashore, including three noisy nights in Avalon, we retreated to the island’s quiet northwest corner to prepare for our…
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As of October 1, we’ve been cruising Southern California for five weeks. With a little help from King Neptune and Mother Nature, we should have Aegea should be back in…
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After picking up Jennifer and Chris in Oxnard, we spent the night anchored in Paradise Cove off Malibu. Then we set off for the final leg of the Ta-Ta –…
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Aegea came with a decent sail inventory. Older working sails: a main and 95% jib. A 120% genoa for light-air sailing. A storm jib and storm trysail we’re unlikely to…
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Last week we sailed south, on a zig-zag course from Santa Barbara, to Santa Cruz Island, to Oxnard, to Malibu, to Catalina. We were traveling with a group of 50…
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During Labor Day weekend, we sailed out to Santa Cruz Island (part of Channel Islands National Park) and spent two nights anchored in Prisoners Harbor. Big swells made the sailing…
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Last Friday, after we arrived in Santa Barbara, after we hosted an impromptu cocktail hour with Nick’s friends Paul and Ginger, after we had dinner at the yacht club, after…
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During our recent passage to Santa Barbara, the sail from Half Moon Bay to Morro Bay was quiet. We saw one ship, steaming north in the offshore shipping lane, and…
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The week of August 24, I sailed Aegea from San Francisco south 350 miles to Santa Barbara. My friend Nick Baum came along as crew, and we did the passage in…
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After three years with Aegea, our freshwater system is finally safe for drinking water. Just in time too — we’re leaving for a two-month cruise on Monday, and I wasn’t looking…
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In July we took our runabout (a 2001 Sport Nautique) up the Sacramento River for a weekend in Old Sacramento. We stayed on the Delta King, a restored riverboat that…
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In March we commissioned Aegea for the season and celebrated with a weekend cruise to Point Richmond. Point Richmond is in the Northeast corner of San Francisco Bay. It’s an…
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Since moving to San Francisco in 2010, we’ve have talked about sailing the Bay under a full moon. On March 15, 2014 we found the perfect night to do it:…