s/v BOUNDLESS; Colin, Julian, a Passport 42, and a big cruising adventure.
Tag: Passport 42 sailboat
With the options of going south this year having been stymied by the pandemic, and the hurricane season fast approaching, the best option was to head back north to the Sea of Cortez for a second summer (off) season. Paradise Village Marina to La Cruz Anchorage DATE:23 May, 2021DEPARTURE:Paradise Village Marina, Nuevo VallartaARRIVAL:La Cruz de … Continue reading Back to Baja
OVERNIGHT TO MATANCHÉN DATE:18 February - 19 February, 2021DEPARTURE:Isla Piedra, Mazatlan, Sinaloa DESTINATION:Bahía Matanchén, NayaritDESTINATION LAT/LONG:21°31.254N 105°14.225WTRIP: 135.1 We headed out of the anchorage alongside Juliet with the overnight passage ahead. This turned out to be a fairly uncomfortable passage, and with just one night, neither of us felt like we got in the rhythm … Continue reading Mazatlan to Bahía Banderas
With access to Sergio Galindo for the chainplates, we built a wish list of other stainless steel projects. Solid Lifelines We knew we wanted solid lifelines from the cockpit to the boarding gate, but went 'all in' on solid lifelines all around the boat. Deck Prism Surrounds With the teack on the decks removed, we … Continue reading Stainless Steel ‘Bling’
7/26/20 - Santo Domingo to Posada Concepción 8.18nm / 311.17 hrs After spending two nights at Santa Domingo we decided to venture further into Bahia Concepcion. We had heard that it is quite hot at this time of year in the bay, and they were right. We left Santa Domingo and set the jib and … Continue reading SEA OF CORTEZ LEG THREE: Bahía Concepción to Santa Rosalía
7/14/2020 - Puerto Escondido to Puerto Balandra, Isla Carmen 15nm / 299.6 The wind was fairly light, but we managed to sail about half the way, taking advantage of a favourable SOG despite the low boat speed. Motored into pretty Puerto Balandra, and the only boat there. Colin enjoyed the bay on the SUP, and … Continue reading SEA OF CORTEZ LEG TWO – Puerto Escondido to Bahía Concepción
Absolutely a dream come true ... to have the boat in an 'exotic' location, and have family come to enjoy some time with us exploring and sailing. This was always a big part of our wishes for the cruising life, and so we were super excited to have Julian's son and his family, Will, Holly, … Continue reading Family Crew – New Year 2020
We have been knocking items off the to-do list over the past few weeks: Bilge Pumps The new Beta Marine engine made getting the bilge pumps, which are way, way down there underneath the engine, very difficult to access. They were both attached to the same steel 'stick', seated in the bilge, but needed the … Continue reading Bilge pumps, high-water alarm, cockpit table, Monitor Windvane, Liferaft
So the final part of the repower project was hauling the boat out the water and replacing the fixed blade prop with a Gori folding prop. The new prop: A Gori 3-blade Folding prop 18" x 14 pitch x 3 blade RH. We also took the opportunity to replace the cutlass bearing which had been … Continue reading Gori Prop and Cutlass Bearing
It's one of those days when we decide to "just mark the anchor chain" for depth ( planning a trip up the Delta later this month) and as in all boat projects it becomes a full days work. Marking the chain was easy But then it was "we really should replace the old foot switch … Continue reading Let’s just mark the anchor chain…..
Departure: Clipper Arrival: Clipper Distance (nm): 11.2 Engine Hours: 1.0 Crew & Guests: Julian, Colin, and a not too miserable Marley Weather: Sunny and the breeze finally filled in. Log: Saturday was spent removing the old electronics equipment at the helm, and installing the new binnacle mount and chartplotter, which required a trip home to … Continue reading Big Tides, New Chartplotter
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