We exited Boca Chica shortly after our check-in.  Timing was good.  The tides were high, so the reefs were low. …

Boca Chica is a little tiny town in the middle of nowhere and surrounded by about 100 islands. BC is…

Our first night in Panamá was at a roadstead anchorage rather than in a nice protected bay. Several other boats…

This is our last stop in Costa Rica before we head to Panamá, so we are staying in Fish Hook…

It’s said that Sir Francis Drake used this nice little protected bay to work on his ship before plundering a…

Punto Quepos and Biensanz beach are about a mile or so south of the $200/night Quepos marina. Marinas are expensive…

In keeping with our short sail theme, our next stop was only 21 miles across the Golfo de Nicoya. We…

We did a day transit, about 41 nm, from Sámara to Bahia Ballena. We like not sailing overnight. There’s to…

We landed at a well-regarded little bay on Costa Rica’s Nicoya peninsula. The bay has surfing on the north side…

We motorsailed from Marina Papagayo to Bahía Tamarindo.  ww have no intent to visit the beach – just a rest…

We successfully transited the five or six miles from Playas del Coco to Marina Papagayo. This marina is located in…

The little town of Coco was our next stop and our official port of entry into Costa Rica. We were…

We anchored in a beautiful calm Santa Elena bay last night after a 25-hour motor/sail. In the last five miles,…

We heard about a little bar down the Road from the Marina called Bada Boom. Well, with a name like…

We had a long one-day tour from our marina to El Viejo and León to see a couple churches and…

There are plenty of chickens and dogs to help you wake up around sunrise, not to mention the plethora of…

Before we left Mexico, we had to check out with the Port Captain, Imigration, and Navy. Once they left the…

We were very fortunate to stay at Marina Chiapus where we reconnected with old friends and made new ones. There…

One of the younger crew on SV JP organized an outing to a go cart track in Tapachula. What a…

We have been spending our last several days in Tapachula getting the boat and ourselves ready to head out of…