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
Chris’s legs were dangling above the pit that once held our Perkins engine, debating his next move while painted in oil, diesel, sweat and dirt. His phone was in his right hand on speaker-phone while his left hand collected various dirty towels and tools around him. His brother, Jon, was on the phone weighing in […] More
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
The Galapagos of Mexico The morning light painted the sea in glistening glass, shattered by breaching dolphins and our bow slicing through the water like a hot knife in butter. I was physically and emotionally exhausted but managed to pull myself together to relieve Chris from his watch. On long passages, we generally hold a […] More
The Discovery and Details of our Cheoy Lee 41′ The Discovery Back when Chris and I were looking for boats in 2018, Avocet was not even on our radar. In fact, a boat of her caliber was out of the question entirely as we were looking for something more quaint and simple like a Catalina […] More
A Final Farewell to My Home Waters Santa Cruz to Monterey It was November 18th and the autumn air had a bite to it, but it was bearable without the sharp lashings of wind – perhaps the only silver lining of having to motor. We had just left my home town of Santa Cruz and […] More
The Discovery and Details of our Cheoy Lee 41′ The Discovery Back when Chris and I were looking for boats in 2018, Avocet was not even on our radar. In fact, a boat of her caliber was out of the question entirely as we were looking for something more quaint and simple like a Catalina […] More