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Solitude and crew left San Quintin at 5am on day 12 for an overnighter to Ensenada. The windlass made a comeback and is working again after drying out yesterday, we will have to take it apart when the boat is back in L.A. and we are due for a new windlass. It was good newsContinue reading “Back in U.S. Waters”

Day 8Solitude and crew left Asuncion at 4am for Bahia Tortuga. The sea state was like a pond for their eight hour motor sail. They were anchored and topped off with fuel from a local delivery panga by 1:30pm. There are six other sailboats and three sport fishing boats in the bay with more boatsContinue reading “Final Push. Heavy Weather Sailing.”

Jim and crew woke up in Bahia Santa Maria on the morning of day 4, savoring how good sleeping in a still bed feels. Although Jim has come down with a head cold, he’s feeling on the up and up. The winds in the anchorage were gusting to 30 knots and so they waited toContinue reading “Middle Bight”

We are so grateful to have found two friends (of friends) to help crew on Solitude for the trip north with Jim to bring the boat back to Los Angeles. Due to the likely chances of severe and possibly prolonged seasickness, we agreed Lorin will forego this part of the trip. The “Baja Bash”, aContinue reading “~ Adjusting to Pacific Swell ~”

The trip back to La Paz from Agua Verde consisted of quick hops to Los Gatos, Isla San Francisco, and Partida; all places we have been. We didn’t launch the dinghy in Los Gatos, we only stopped to make some miles and lessen the travel time to Isla San Francisco the following day. We hadContinue reading “Final Preparations for the Trip North”

We had a shorter day up to Agua Verde with little wind and calm seas once again. The spectacular mountains around Agua Verde, green waters, options for hiking, snorkeling, and other activities, as well as a tienda to top off provisions and three, small palapa restaurants make this anchorage a popular spot. We found aContinue reading “Bahia Agua Verde. Oh my!”

We left La Paz and motored across the Bahia de La Paz to Partida, north of Espíritu Santo. We were here last year. This was a great first stop to get some miles in, make water, and test out Starlink in our first remote location as we are not using the Irridium Go this season.Continue reading “Calm Seas”

We have a shorter cruising season this year with hopes to bring the boat back to the U.S. before summer. We decided to drive down to La Paz rather than fly so that we could bring supplies and see more of Baja from land. We left the first week of April and stayed overnight inContinue reading “Roadtrip! Driving to the Boat.”

We wrapped our minds around turning back to La Paz and that this could potentially be the end of our cruising season. That is just the deal with life on a (sail)boat and in the end we love it all, including backtracking. There are many boating resources in La Paz and it’s really the bestContinue reading “Solitude is a Beast. No Engine Needed.”

The next four anchorages we visited were incredible, one after the other, all remote and each very unique.