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  • Welcome Aboard…A Primer For Guests:

    Tulum-5 looks forward to welcoming vaccinated guests onboard as we stay close to the US in the Sea of Cortez one more summer. Here’s a primer full of information for potential guests. More

  • What’s better for cruising: Mexico or the Caribbean?

    Hopeful cruisers sometimes wonder where to start their adventures afloat. Pacific side of Mexico or the Caribbean – both beautiful cruising grounds, anchorages in proximity and resources to get started. Is Mexico or the Caribbean better ? One may be more appealing than the other, all depending on your priorities. Click here for full post: […] More

  • Blooper Reel: Jamie’s take on summer in the Sea of Cortez

    Jamie wrote the lines below while we baked in the Sea of Cortez summertime heat while ducking bees zooming around the main cabin. I think his brain may have fried a little, actually Consider yourself warned: hot climates have consequences! Blooper reel noun, north american usage A compilation of outtakes Click here for full post: […] More

  • Insider ideas: Totem’s 2020 gift guide

    Every year we put a holiday gift guide together, to help pick out something special for the cruisers and cruisers-to-be on your list. This year, the suggestions have a new source. We send an occasional newsletter to coaching clients, and included in each edition are tips/tricks from Totem for the Click here for full post: […] More

  • Bringing holiday spirit cruising

    If you’re cruising, you must be flexible. The weather doesn’t adapt to your plans. Familiar products you know from home may not be accessible. And yes, the familiar must have features of your traditional holiday probably don’t exist in far flung places. Next week Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. Except in flexible Click here for full post: […] More

  • Where border crossing is easy

    The tyranny of the sock has returned to our crew. We have road tripped from Mexico back to the Pacific Northwest, and it is cold! Family pulled us back; we’ll spend most of the month of November back on Bainbridge Island with my father. Our travels were unfettered, and border Click here for full post: […] More

  • How do you deal with garbage?

    Cruising is rife with romantic ideals. Exploring faraway places and pristine environments; living in harmony with nature as we make potable water from the sea, power from the sun, and forage for dinner… what a life! Gazing out across turquoise water from the cockpit, trying to keep upwind of a Click here for full post: […] More

  • Cruising untethered in the Sea of Cortez

    Cruising is steeped in freedom. Thanks to coronavirus, that makes it more appealing than ever, while at the same time it is more circumscribed than ever. Sailing north and deeper into the Sea of Cortez is to enter a disconnected world, one that feels untouched by pandemic concerns. Limitations on Click here for full post: […] More

  • Beat the heat in the Sea of Cortez

    Summer in the Sea is as hot as they come. Over the years, we’ve learned a range of ways to stay cool in the summer heat and enjoy these beautiful cruising grounds. Here’s how to survive a season in one of the hottest cruising grounds in the world. The post Click here for full post: […] More

  • Weather routing for passages

    Jamie will be the first to tell you he’s not a weather router. But weather advice has crept into the work we do with coaching clients. Here, he writes about what it’s like offering weather guidance, and offers a hint at the visceral experience of fending off dragons. The post Click here for full post: […] More

  • Preparing a boat for haulout

    We’re preparing our boat for haulout at Cabrales Boatyard again. This is our third time at Cabrales and sixth time hauling Totem, which leaves us with notes on how to prepare. The post Preparing a boat for haulout appeared first on Sailing Totem. Click here for full post: https://www.sailingtotem.com/2020/09/preparing-a-boat-for-haulout.html Instagram: @sailingtotem More

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