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Golfito, CR

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

Drake Bay, CR

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

Punto Quepos, CR

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

Bahía Herradura, CR

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

Bahía Ballena, CR

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

Sámara, CR

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

Tamarindo, CR stopover

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

Marina Papagayo, CR

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

Playas del Coco, CR

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

On to Costa Rica

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

Nicaragua Tour Day!

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

Waking up in Nicaragua

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

Thanksgiving Cruiser Style

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

Speed Racer!

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

Adios México

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

Checking off Projects

After the running rigging was done and windex was installed, Dave conneced all the electronics. Voila, everything works! Next up,…

Getting Ready for Season 3

We are slowly getting YO in tip-top condition for the upcoming sailing season. One major task was installing the new…

Nosotras Regresamos a Mexico

We have returned to Mexico! Thanks to everyone who supported us in our 2023 USA cross-country adventure. We flew back…