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Landfall is For Sale!!!

16 November 2018

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Landfall is For Sale!!!

          Landfall is for sale! It’s been a great run, but we’re focused on growing our business and getting degrees and as it turns out, that leaves almost no time for sailing. It’s all good though, we’ll be back on the water, soon enough $12,500, lying in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Nayarit, Mexico. We’ll assist with […]

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Landfall on Google Maps Street View

22 September 2015

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Landfall on Google Maps Street View

It was surreal watching the Google Maps car drive down the main street in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle…even weirder to find our boat on Google Maps street view, comfortably chilling in her slip at Marina Riviera Nayarit.

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Gotta Watch Those Lulls In Conversation

23 March 2014

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Gotta Watch Those Lulls In Conversation

I have a talent, it seems, for filling up the little spaces in conversation with all the words you never say in polite company. When Eli was a 3rd grader, his school district went all “scorched-earth” on the subject of unhealthy foods. We found out about it on Back-to-School night—you know, the night you rush […]

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Custom Yacht Mattress

1 February 2014

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When we were in SoCal, we realized beyond a shadow of a doubt that our “mattress” was junk. It was made of eight inch thick hard foam and was about as comfortable as a barn floor, plus it reduced our modest bunk area considerably. There isn’t a square corner on the bunk anywhere and the […]

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How Not To Dock Your Boat.

29 April 2013

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We see a lot out here. A lot of bad docking maneuvers and a lot of bad anchoring. We don’t have any more experience than they do, but we try to do it right. I’m not talking about anchoring today, that’s a whole nother post. Today is docking. Of the cruisers out here, I’m the […]

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Walmar and the Quest for Freon

23 April 2013

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Walmar and the Quest for Freon

In general, when it comes to boats, Murphy is always waiting in the wings bilge to kick up his heels and have a little fun. Gotta hand it to him, dude’s got a twisted sense of humor. Our refrigeration system went offline yesterday, which is a pretty big deal since we no longer live in […]

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It Always Happens in the Middle of the Night…

8 September 2012

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It Always Happens in the Middle of the Night…

Or 2:30 in the morning, to be more exact. I was deep under –we’re talking dead, asleep drooling on the pillow–  when Steve crawled over me, opened the head door and stood there for a minute. “Why is that pump running”? he asked. There’s no sleeping through a question like that. Unless you want to […]

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Failed Attempt at Point Conception

6 September 2012

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            We haven’t talked much about our trip around Point Conception or our first failed attempt. We left Morro Bay for Port San Luis Obispo and had a fairly nice sail down. We arrived at night, as usual, but were able to navigate through the mooring fields and find the […]

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Day 10: The Shit Diaries, Golden Showers and Shit

13 August 2012

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Day 10: The Shit Diaries, Golden Showers and Shit

As we discussed before, living on a boat means a lot of things, namely getting to play with your own shit water in far flung, yet undeniably scenic locations. I’m thinking it’s a kind of instant karma for getting to do all that sailing about in the water and the traveling all over the place […]

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Three Dead Bodies in Ensenada

6 August 2012

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Three Dead Bodies in Ensenada

Every time we walk around town, the many differences between Mexico and the United States strike me anew. People are kind here. Old people are treated with respect. You step out of their way and wait patiently, everyone does, it’s understood that they are doing their best. Cars, all cars, stop for you so you […]

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