SailBlogs

It's quiet this morning in Seixal (pronounced Sayshall), a small town on the north east side of the island which was host to a Catholic Fiesta in honor of JESUS this weekend, the crowds that filled the flower filled streets now gone.

About a week before departure for a big new aventure, the boat still look like aftermath hurricane, well not as much but still need a big cleanup. Have to test a few thing like water tankage, install my chart plotter and few other things... to follow

I'm in Tucson again by myself and Indie for the five day block without the kids, making the most of my time. It was C's 15th birthday this past week. Thank God, we've made it this far. She wound up with her mom again, going to the concert again, this time in Phoenix. Exciting. It's this period of my life where it seems like nothing is happening, but yet things are happening. Lik...

Yes we are returning to Vannes today for the third time this season as lots of CA folks are gathering there to renew their Cartes de Long Sejour (we don't have them as they were only offered to folks who had kept their boat in France prior to Brexit. I went to the supermarket while John filled up with water which is currently a precious commodity, only available for 2 hours a da...

Our ship sailed most of the night, arriving at the harbor of Puerto Ayora on the Island of Santa Cruz early in the morning. Puerto Ayora is the largest town in the Galápagos Islands with a population of about 24,000. Located on the southern shore of Santa Cruz Island along Academy Bay, it serves as the main tourism, logistical, and economic hub of the entire archipelago, featuri...