Month: October 2021

Visit to Texas.

by Scott and Kathy Erwin, Sail the World, posted in Uncategorized

Tonga is so different! So many caves!
The first video below shows us snorkeling in Swallows Cave and then diving in Shark Tooth Cave which we we entered 40 feet down. We were back in the cave about 100 yards and Kathy finally pulled on Scotts fin and motioned to she didn’t want to go back any further. Agreed, as it was getting a bit tight and our lights weren’t near good enough for how dark it was. 🙂
We had wet suits on, but it’s more for the protection against the walls vs the sea temperature.


Camp fires, friends and exploration are the daily fix. We even snapped a shot of Patrick Star from Sponge Bob in the wild for our kids.


Back to town in the next few days to get ready for our guests Denny and Susan Osburn. Mixing our old friends with our new friends in these exotic locations is just so cool!

Time to head South

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These last few weeks have been busy with more boat prep, planning, socializing, halloween’ing, and of course more eating!! We also squeezed in a flight to El Paso, Texas to visit Scott’s family. We became official residents there as well, complete with new driver’s licenses. Monday, 11/1, we will head South, 750 nautical miles to Cabo San Lucas, stopping 2-3 times along the way for the night. We will sail with the BajaHaha Rally with 190 other sailboats. Each boat has 3-8 excited sailors anxiously waiting to depart. Our Hobie friends Andrew and Jane will join us for this fun adventure. After that, we may head up to La Paz or cross to Mazatlan or Puerta Vallarta (depending on the wind) then on South to Barra Navidad. Our kids and Kathy’s parents will fly down to visit us. Our playground will be the beautiful waters and anchorages of Mexico for a year or two.

Pictures tell it all, last days in Ensenada.

by Scott and Kathy Erwin, Sail the World, posted in Uncategorized

“What have we been up to these last 2 weeks?” Pictures tell it all! Mainly eating well, enjoying retirement, sailing, eating well, hanging with new friends, fishing, eating well, boat projects, and loving life on the water.

Loving our life!
Kathy’s birthday celebration with great new cruising friends, many who have plans to circumnavigate as well.
Brand new Lithium batteries! Scott installed and programmed these which will give us 860 amp hours of power.
Another fun dock party!
Scott’s annual bacon wrapped shrimp. He has been bbq’ing these the last 6 October’s at our Hobie regatta in Puerto Penasco, MX.
It’s complete! The most difficult and challenging sewing project to date. The dingy Hapalon needs to be protected from the intense heat and sun of the lower latitudes.

Pictures tell it all.

by Scott and Kathy Erwin, Sail the World, posted in Uncategorized

“What have we been up to these last 2 weeks?” Pictures tell it all! Mainly eating well, enjoying retirement, sailing, eating well, hanging with new friends, fishing, eating well, boat projects, and loving life on the water.

Loving our life!
Kathy’s birthday celebration with great new cruising friends, many who have plans to circumnavigate as well.
Brand new Lithium batteries! Scott installed and programmed these which will give us 860 amp hours of power.
Another fun dock party!
“Teach a kid to fish…” says our local fisherman Mike.
Scott’s annual bacon wrapped shrimp. He has been bbq’ing these the last 6 October’s at our Hobie regatta in Puerto Penasco, MX.
Kathy found a shady, cozy spot to work on the UV cover for the dingy, they are called dingy chaps. This HUGE project began 7 months ago.
It’s complete! The most difficult and challenging sewing project to date. The dingy Hapalon needs to be protected from the intense heat and sun of the lower latitudes.