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Circumnavigation

Crocodiles and how NOT to do a dinghy beach landing.

March 2, 2019Matt 10 Comments

San Blas After leaving the amazing Isla Isabela, we headed towards San Blas. Although we had to wait for a whale pod to move out of the way before we could get out of the anchorage. Whales gonna loiter Eventually… Continue reading →

Circumnavigation, Fishing, Sailing fishing, gudgeon, hunter 36, mexico, sailing

Mazatlan and Isla Isabel

February 24, 2019Matt 2 Comments

After arriving in Mazatlan I spent a couple of days in the marina, refueling, getting supplies and waiting for Emma to arrive. She arrived and we tried to leave to head to Isla Isabel (100nm to the south) – only… Continue reading →

Circumnavigation gudgeon, hunter 36, isla isabel, mexico, sailboat, sailing

Crossing the Gulf of California

February 6, 2019Matt 9 Comments

As mentioned in my last post, I was crossing the Gulf of California to Mazatlan, a ~200nm crossing. Looking at the winds I had guessed around 2 days and it was pretty much bang on, with me arriving into Mazatlan… Continue reading →

Circumnavigation, Fishing gudgeon, gulf of california, hunter 36, sailing, single handing, solo

Heading to Mazatlán on the mainland

February 4, 2019Matt 5 Comments

NOTE: as those of you looking at the tracker would have realised, I’ve actually finished this crossing already (SPOILER: didn’t die). I meant to post it before I left but the internet stopped working so close your eyes and pretend,… Continue reading →

Circumnavigation, Fishing fishing, gudgeon, hunter 36, mexico, sailing, single handing, solo

Things that have worked (and some things that haven’t)

January 18, 2019Matt 13 Comments

Well since I’ve just spent the last week or so hanging around La Paz with my friend Davey, and am going to spend the next few weeks hanging around the same area reading/spearfishing/eating/napping until it’s time to go to Matazlan… Continue reading →

Circumnavigation, Maintenance gudgeon, hunter 36, liveaboard, sailboat, sailing

Happy New Year everyone!

January 10, 2019Matt Leave a comment

Happy new year! I’m still in the La Paz area and have spent the last few weeks bumming around all the nearby bays etc with my friend Emilie, so not really much to report sailing-wise. Caught a bunch of fish… Continue reading →

Circumnavigation gudgeon, hunter 36, la paz, sailboat, sailing

Hanging around La Paz

December 12, 2018Matt 7 Comments

I’ve spent the last couple of weeks in the La Paz area, just hanging out and resting, with the odd (as little as possible) boat stuff. Here are some of the highlights: Liz hung around for a couple of days… Continue reading →

Circumnavigation, Fishing fishing, gudgeon, hunter 36, la paz, mexico, sailing

San Juan Del Cabo, MX to La Paz, MX

December 2, 2018Matt 5 Comments

The marina at San Juan Del Cabo was really expensive, so we hustled all day to get all our shopping/chores done so we could get away with spending one night there (unfortunately this left no time for washing the boat).… Continue reading →

Circumnavigation, Fishing dolrado, fishing, gudgeon, hunter 36, mahi mahi, mexico, sailing

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Its that time of year again - Sooner put away and Its that time of year again - Sooner put away and I'm back driving boats, docks and spreadsheets for thr BC lodge
A random assortment of pictures from my month in S A random assortment of pictures from my month in San Blas

#sailing #sailboat
Sending it - Sooner chases Tally Ho in the San Bla Sending it - Sooner chases Tally Ho in the San Blas islands.

Photos by @sampsonboatco (I need to get a drone apparently)
This is a narrow passage through the underwater re This is a narrow passage through the underwater reefs between the islands that I sailed through. 

Its a bit nerve-wracking, being only around 50 foot wide so I was double reefed on the main and just with a tiny bit of headsail out to help steerage, so I wouldn't go too fast if I did hit something. 

Drone shots.by @sampsonboatco 

#sailing #sailboat
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