February has been pretty busy, we’ve been sailing, we had things to do like fix the car door handle which broke off, there were visitors on board Wings, and all sorts of things. Check out some more photos here. wingssail images-fredrick roswold First look at new Genoa wingssail images-marilyn gibbFred More
Our first sail of the season felt like a personal “welcome back” from Poseidon and Zephyrus themselves as the sea was calm and wind was fine. After a wonderful 105 nm jaunt south, we set our hook in Refugio anchorage on Isla Angel de le Guarda around 8:00 am, a truly epic place to spend […] More
Peñasco – Isla Ángel de le Guarda Jan 23, 2024 As our friends bid us farewell from the hauling way, tears welled up in our eyes and their cheers echoed in the air. Soon all that could be heard was the rumble of our Perkins diesel and the promise of wind whispering through our rigging. […] More
For four months Heiko and Martina were my neighbors and I watched them work and work and work on their Bliss, their Columbia 45 sailboat. That boat needed a lot of attention and refurbishment before they could go sailing and frankly they were getting rather tired of the drudgery tied More
Almost as soon as we stepped foot on California soil we didn’t hesitate racing back to the water. However, we did trade in the salty sea for the freshwater lake we call “home”. Long before Avocet, there was Geronimo, the Victory 21’ that Chris taught me how to sail aboard when we were teenagers (although […] More
Here’s Where Things Get Interesting Although Chris and I are accustomed to being on the go, constantly, our 3 month “break” in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle truly felt like we had started to settle down. We knew all the places to eat, the bartenders knew our names (for better or worse) and we had made […] More
Salomé has been helping me work on Wings and we went sailing a couple of weeks ago. Now her boyfriend Ben has arrived and we decided to go sailing again so he can see what it is like.We also invited Martina, my neighbor and her boyfriend Hike, (but he declined). More
wingssail images fredrick roswold I can sail again I can sail again. I know now. For the last three months I have been afraid of how it would feel to sail Wings without Judy, so I avoided that. The boat sat in the slip, unused, since coming back from Yelapa, in More
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
wingssail images fredrick roswold AmericaOne Breaking I am going through a photo scanning project and right now I am working with a bunch of images from the America’s Cup which I made when I covered that event in 2000 and 2003. On one rough day I witnessed the amazing destruction of New 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
Hola, Yelapa The morning sunlight poured through our stateroom portlight while the smell of burning coconut husks wafted throughout the cabin. Cleo was curled up in the quarter berth next to Kenna’s head, as content as could be while Chris quietly moved to the galley to start the coffee train. Truth be told, I slept […] More