The Panama Canal – What NOT To Expect, By The HelmsMistress
From the time I envisioned taking our floating home through the Panama Canal, I began to hear warnings and horror stories of dramatic transits from other boats that were damaged enroute, experienced significant delays in transit or had to deal with something else entirely unexpected. What I found was that there was a lot of […]
Welcome To Panama, From The HelmsMistress
From gorgeous sandy beaches shaded by palm trees, to tidepools within the lava rock teaming with life, to waterfalls in some of the most unexpected places, to rolling hills covered with greenery – northern Panama is incredible!
Big Green Egg On A Sailboat: Pork Tenderloin With Maple Whiskey Glaze
I’ve gotta admit something to you. I really, really like cooking on a Big Green Egg. On Tulum, we made the choice to have a size small Big Green Egg on board, only one of (2) sailboats we’ve ever seen with a BGE onboard. Today I’m going to work through a story about cooking two […]
In Search Of La Pura Vida- From The HelmsMistress
After so long of cruising in silence and isolation, with tourism shut down or avoided during the pandemic, it was a joy to see people enjoying life again.
Visiting El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua Via The Bay of Fonseca- Part 1
Visiting the Bay of Fonseca on purpose was the plan but we didn’t plan on staying nearly two weeks because of high winds and nasty weather. Prepare to be Fonseca’d-
From The HelmsMistress: Topes and Reductors, The Road to Oaxaca City
Three things topped our list for Oaxaca beyond the culinary experience: 1) Rugs 2) Alebrijes and 3) Monte Albán.
From LF2SF: Wishing You Many Blessings in 2021
Happy New Year….Thank you for following our adventures, keep following your dreams.
From The HelmsMistress: The Magic Of A Passage- Southern Crossing and Isla Isabel
Our 3rd crossing of the Sea of Cortez, but every crossing must be respected and prepared for. While we’ve done it before, there’s new challenges EVERY time.
The HelmsMistress Bakes: Success and Failure in a Pan
With no working oven and a crew hungry for bread….the HelmsMistress learns to bake in the Solar Oven
How’s Your Air-Conditioner?
Ummm, A/C on an older boat that was built to cruise? Of course….put up the wind scoop!