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  • Surrounded By Sailing Luminaries

    I sit here in the light of the sun slowly fading on the western horizon, Tulum gently rocking in the swells.  As our thoughts begin to focus more and more on moving back into the Sea of Cortez, I reflect on the sailing notables and luminaries who have frequented La More

  • Weather waffling: the passage departure decision

    I watched from Totem’s cockpit yesterday as friends sailed out of the La Cruz anchorage. Their next stop: the Marquesas, French Polynesia’s nearest island group to the Americas, around 3,000 miles away. This week’s weather window spawned the first wave of South Pacific-bound departures from our corner of Mexico. Click here for full post: https://www.sailingtotem.com/2019/03/weather-for-sailing-to-the-south-pacific.html […] More