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  • The Annapolis Boat Show 2023

    The Road to Annapolis After a few solid days of hanging with the fam’ in Massachusetts, we tossed our backpacks in the rental car, punched Annapolis into the GPS, and geared up for a week of pure shenanigans. “Well, this is gonna be somethin’,” Chris declared, biting into one of the apples we had picked […] More

  • Leaving La Cruz (for REAL This Time)

    Leaving La Cruz was tough but with a working engine and hurricane season on our heels we were at peace with our decision. The post Leaving La Cruz (for REAL This Time) appeared first on Sailing Avocet. Click here for full post: https://www.svavocet.com/2023/08/09/leaving-la-cruz/ Instagram: @svavocet More

  • Back in La Cruz (and the rebuild of our Perkins 4.108)

    Here We Go Again For us, it was like being back in the trenches; Chris head down into our bilge, covered in oil and diesel while swearing like a sailor… which I suppose was appropriate. It was our first day back in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle after limping our way from Isla Isabel where our […] More

  • Hasta Luego, La Cruz

    Life in La Cruz The morning light had come all too soon – didn’t we just crawl into bed a few hours ago? It was 9:00 am, and our days of waking up with the sun were seemingly behind us as we settled into our “routine” in La Cruz which consisted of hanging out all […] More

  • Banderas Bay

    Our Own Slice of Paradise We had been anchored in Banderas Bay for a month and had settled into a routine: wake up, go to shore, do chores, rendezvous with Lusty and Sitka for nightly shenanigans, stay up way too late and repeat. It was like summer camp, but one that seemingly never ended. We […] More

  • La Cruz de Huanacaxtle

    Hola, La Cruz The warm smell of fire and jungle wafted through the cabin as the rising sun painted our interior golden. Our family had left the day prior, leaving just Chris and I in Chacala. With no more schedules, we fully sacrifice our plans to the wind and tides opening the door for new […] More