JC McDowell and the Family Unit

We’re about ready to head back south to San Carlos for the rest of the Winter. We have a little more work to soon the boat and a few day trips to make sure all the gear works before we drop the mooring and head farther south.

We’ve been slowly working on the outfitting the [read more...]

The Grandparents weren’t too happy with us last year when we spent five weeks in the Bay of Conception on the Baja without any communication. It’s understandable. Who wouldn’t be concerned with nary a phone call, email, or text message in five weeks?

The problem is there is no internet or cell towers within 15 [read more...]

So, What are the Costs of living in Mexico on a Sailboat?

Well, some background.

We have two small children, ages 2 and 4. This will be our third season living in Mexico for the Winter. We typically will stay in the Sea of Cortez for 5 months before putting our boat on the hard [read more...]

It’s a wrap.

Season two is complete. No, this is not a reality TV show or some family sitcom (often debatable), this is the end of our second winter that we have lived on our sailboat in the Sea of Cortez of Mexico’s Gulf of California with out two young children.

Emma is an old [read more...]

We motor/sailed back to San Carlos Wednesday. The Sea of Cortez was flat flat flat. We were only able to sail for about 5 hours out of a total 17. But the Honda outboard did great! We didnt even use 9 gallons for the crossing and could cruise at 6.6 kn [read more...]

Hi All,

A short note. We have been in Conception Bay on the Baja side of Mexico for about three weeks now. The water has warmed up so that we swim every day. We have met many friends on boats and in Palapas on the beaches.

Services are pretty rustic still on [read more...]

We had a wonderful day sailing. The winds had picked up from a calm and topped 18 knots by the time we made our last tack behind the mountain to the entrance of the bay. We dropped the head sail and mainsail and started up the Honda 25 hp outboard to motor back [read more...]

We were in the Captains Club enjoying a cold cerveza and fish tacos talking with a couple at the next table when we realized they were the couple that owned a Gemini here in San Carlos that we met via the Gemini Owners Forum on Yahoo.

Dave and Pat have a newer Gemini than ours but [read more...]

Last month we finally got to sail our 1993 Gemini Catamaran here in San Carlos. Wind conditions range from very light to about 20kn in San Francisco bay just south of bahia San Carlos due to the mountain effect blocking the wind.

We day sailed four times and are learning how to effectively sail the [read more...]