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UPDATE: S/V BEACH FLEA REACHED!

8 April 2017

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UPDATE: S/V BEACH FLEA REACHED!

**NEW UPDATE** S/V Beach Flea is going to be fine. Through a combination of SSB networks, Iridium Sat phones, email, and lots of volunteers–Beach Flea has the information they need to carry on, and carry on they will. We’d like to thank all of you and if anyone gets left out, apologies…it’s been a little […]

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Rebel Heart–A Reality Check

7 April 2014

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Rebel Heart–A Reality Check

We love Charlotte, Eric, Cora, and Lyra. They are our friends and our lives are better for having them in it. After Lyra was born, we went with them to the Registro Civil, and acted as the necessary two witnesses who attest to the fact that a) this woman has been pregnant and b) she gave […]

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Duct Tape On The Rocks

27 March 2013

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Duct Tape On The Rocks

“If…anchorage…Duct Tape is on the rocks…,” was pretty much all I picked out before the VHF went crazy with static and people stepping on each other. We turned up the radio and started sweeping the far shoreline with binoculars. “Don’t know if anyone can help…looks pretty bad…please, there’s a boat on the rocks outside the […]

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Chester The Molester

4 December 2012

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While we were hanging out in Ensenada, we became friendly with a neighbor who, honestly—gave off kind of weird vibes from the moment we met him. A couple of other families with kids also got a strange feeling about him and independent of each other, we all came to the conclusion that he was likely […]

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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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Danger, Will Robinson

3 July 2012

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The other morning I heard the unmistakable drowning lawnmower drone of an incoming skiff. Coming in kind of hot, actually. That’s not so unusual. Our boat is parked in slip 13, out at the very end of C-Dock and a lot of visiting boats take advantage of the extra long dock space. Some of them […]

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