Topolobampo: No one goes here. That’s a shame. Actually, it’s not…it’s nice to walk the town and not see another tourist. It’s a really neat undeveloped Mexican fishing village. It’s also the closest port to Los Mochis, where you can visit the Copper Canyon. Be really, really careful on approach and [...]

La Paz: After a brutal motor in, we navigated the channel in broad daylight. I would not recommend trying this one at night if you’re unfamilar with it. Several turns and you cannot cut…it gets really shallow. Two boats grounded in the short time we were there. We anchored near the marinas [...]

This marina was still under construction while we were there. I can’t believe how much money has been spent on that place! The layout and the slips are really nice and the staff was really courteous.
There’s a man made breakwater which you can enter from either direction. Keep motoring down the ditch and [...]

This page is going to be used for three purposes: to explain in laymans terms what’s required and how to go about legally entering another country with a boat, to describe entry procedures for the marinas and harbors we’ve entered, and tell people who intend to visit us will need to do in order to [...]

CABO SAN LUCAS: Once we sailed to Cabo San Lucas, we were required to check in with the Port Captain again with a copy of the crew list. Since this was the port where Tim and Brandi were departing and Thane and Brenda were arriving, we needed to write out more copies of the [...]

We anchored off Belchers Point in 19′ of seaweed covered sand. This was the roughest anchorage any of us had ever experienced. There is a very strong tidal current and that, when mixed with waves from another direction, spells pukey.

We approached this anchorage as the sun was coming up. There are lots of submerged reefs on approach, so we swung really wide. The Navionics charts were accurate here. Anchored in 18′of water awfully close to the shore…or so it seemed until we tried to row ashore. Large surf on beach [...]

We anchored in 22′ of calm water about a quarter of a mile east of the dock. Fantastic anchorage. Pangas brought clean fuel to us for $2.60. Didn’t get to explore much as we were whupped after sailing from Ensenada through the storm.

Mexico: I can only speak for entering via Ensenada thus far, but the experience, although time consuming, was rather straightforward. Ensenada is about 50 miles south of San Diego and is the main port of entry for boats headed south to Mexico. As such, it gets a ton of traffic and has [...]