Pac Voy-The First 3 Days

The water is so much bluer 2 miles deep! The stars are so brilliant and use up the entire sky, right down to the horizon!

Such a slight breeze all morning, going only between 2 about 3 knots. Very little swell, clear skies and water and air temps at about 80 degrees. No sealife, birds or boats to be seen. We dont want to put a hand line in the water until we have room in the freezer or fridge for a fish.

Activities of the day: quickly made fried eggs, avocados and tortillas at 7am before we started healing again, watered new basil plants, screwed down leaky skylight in vbirth, made new dynema spinnaker bow soft shackle, hung up sheets for shade, and noticed the thousands of string of pearl jellies.

The lack of wind the first two days has been biggest frustration. We even decided to motor an hour here and there, not good. Definitely not making the miles we had hoped but doing better this morning. The first night was a drift fest with 0 wind and 3-5 foot seas. That does not bode well for sleeping.
Last night we had a steady 5-7 knots and it made for a good night. I actually told Kathy that we had a calmer night underway than we’ve had at anchor in front of La Cruz. Ha
We are planning on sailing out to about Clarion and heading southwest. It might have been light the on the way out but we will definitely have a sled ride south after Wednesday.
We have also both given up on any alcohol consumption for the passage. Many cruisers will have a beer or so but we decided it would be good for us. May be the longest I’ve gone without an adult beverage since college!! 😝
We are on the SSB twice a day talking to many. Super fun to keep up with others and still having fun with an upgraded radio I picked up in Barra.
Only about 20 days remaining!!!! Lol
See the notes below the pics for more information. You can always find us on our Predictwind Tracker and we will post here occasionally if Starlink permits.

Kathy’s fix it plan to all things that go bump in the night.
New little hobby
Delicious Pizza
Communing with the dolphins

Bon Voyage Mexico

Goodbye Mexico and cruising friends around here, it’s been AWESOME!! Our last day on terre firme was an exciting and busy one: topping off on diesel/propane, dinghy tied up tight, laundry, final run for leafy greens and fruits, friend visits, stowing all deck toys, securing all items, making up salon beds, and spending our last pesos in La Cruz. We have a 3 day good wind window going west, then we catch good trade winds going south. Expected to be a 21 day passage total.
Ready…
Aim…..
Fire……

Goodbye Mexico. Time to cross the Pacific Ocean.

A few good bye parties, and some visits to favorite anchorages.

We started a simple YouTube channel to log some videos, as this site doesn’t load videos well. Here are a few to check out.

Goodbye Mexico and cruising friends around here, it’s been AWESOME!! Our last day on terre firme was an exciting and busy one: topping off on diesel/propane, dinghy tied up tight, laundry, final run for leafy greens and fruits, friend fun visits, stowing all deck toys, securing all items, making up salon beds, and spending our last pesos in La Cruz. We have a 3 day good wind window going west, then we catch good trade winds going south. Expected to be a 21 day passage total.
Ready…
Aim…..
Fire……

Goodbye Mexico, and land for awhile!

Goodbye Mexico and cruising friends around here, it’s been AWESOME!! Our last day on terre firme was an exciting and busy one: topping off on diesel/propane, dinghy tied up tight, laundry, final run for leafy greens and fruits, friend fun visits, stowing all deck toys, securing all items, making up salon beds, and spending our last pesos in La Cruz. We have a 3 day good wind window going west, then we catch good trade winds going south. Expected to be a 21 day passage total.
Ready…
Aim…..
Fire……

Guest aboard: Kathy’s brother Andrew

Wonderful week with my terrific brother Andrew: Day 1-adventure to PV Airport and back to Barra. Day 2-sailed 40 km to private Bat Island. Paddle boarded, snorkeled and hiked to cave. Star gazing, splashing in bioluminescence and a chess game.
Day 3-snorkled for 3 hours, saw amazing urchins then surfed Chamela. Chess rematch. Day 4-Snorkeled with Dean and Gaby for 2 hours found a huge conch. Sailed to Perula, beach walk and ate coconut shrimp. Day 5-great dinghy ride to snorkle spot, saw a turtle then sailed south with hundreds of dolfins to the Acquarium. Ate fresh tuna sushi and played cards with Ave Marina. Day 6- snorkeled acqarium, saw spotted eagle ray. Tasted Raicilla and laughed with Poncho. Sailed south, caught and returned an abandoned kayak, went to Tenacatita for home made bread and beef stew. Great game of Stratego. Day 7-Breaching Humpback and her baby, snorkeled and saw giant glowing jellyfish. Paddle boarded through mangrove river. Sailed south to Barra. Stratego game and special dinner at the Art Gallery with amazing guitarist Salvador. Day 8-sunrise hike to secret beach, huge waves and fun stairway. Saw chacalaca and coatimundi. Came back for French Bakery treats. Took chicken bus to Melaque, walked new malecon and tacos on the beach. Back to Grand Isla Hotel hammocks for epic naps and hot tub with friends. Walked the amazing grounds and pools. What a week!

Chris White 55’ Catamaran

What a treat! Got to spend some time sailing with Heather and Glenn on Rocketeer today. Must say, we envy this boat, just a bit. Rocketeer is a 55’ Chris White Catamaran. (Glenn and Scott just haven’t agreed on a price yet) ha ha.
While Sea Bella is heading west, Rocketeer is heading south to Zihuatanejo for some more fun.
Hopefully Rocketeer will join us in Polynesia next year. She won’t have a problem catching up!!!
Goodbye for now friends!!!! 👋 Awesome boat!

Andrew Visits

Wonderful week with my terrific brother Andrew: Day 1-adventure to PV Airport and back to Barra. Day 2-sailed 40 km to private Bat Island. Paddle boarded, snorkeled and hiked to cave. Star gazing, splashing in bioluminescence and a chess game.
Day 3-snorkled for 3 hours, saw amazing urchins then surfed Chamela. Chess rematch. Day 4-Snorkeled with Dean and Gaby for 2 hours found a huge conch. Sailed to Perula, beach walk and ate coconut shrimp. Day 5-great dinghy ride to snorkle spot, saw a turtle then sailed south with hundreds of dolfins to the Acquarium. Ate fresh tuna sushi and played cards with Ave Marina. Day 6- snorkeled acqarium, saw spotted eagle ray. Tasted Raicilla and laughed with Poncho. Sailed south, caught and returned an abandoned kayak, went to Tenacatita for home made bread and beef stew. Great game of Stratego. Day 7-Breaching Humpback and her baby, snorkeled and saw giant glowing jellyfish. Paddle boarded through mangrove river. Sailed south to Barra. Stratego game and special dinner at the Art Gallery with amazing guitarist Salvador. Day 8-sunrise hike to secret beach, huge waves and fun stairway. Saw chacalaca and coatimundi. Came back for French Bakery treats. Took chicken bus to Melaque, walked new malecon and tacos on the beach. Back to Grand Isla Hotel hammocks for epic naps and hot tub with friends. Walked the amazing grounds and pools. What a week!

Catamaran Envy!

What a treat! Got to spend some time sailing with Heather and Glenn on Rocketeer. Must say, we envy this boat, just a bit. Rocketeer is a 55’ Chris White Catamaran. (Glenn and Scott just haven’t agreed on a price yet) ha ha.
While Sea Bella is heading west, Rocketeer is heading south to Zihuatanejo, Mexico, for some more fun.
Hopefully Rocketeer will join us in Polynesia next year. She won’t have a problem catching up!!!
Goodbye for now friends!!!! 👋 Awesome boat!

Waiting for weather in Mexico

What do you do when you’re waiting on a weather window?
-Finish provisioning (what’s a sailor without grog?)
-Kathy’s canning good stuff
-Saying good bye to GREAT friends on Ave Marina.
-Kathy is brushing up on her skipper skills in Tenacatita on Rest a Whiles Tiwal. Thanks Mark and Denise!
-Down load new Sat photo charts of Tuamotos
-and SV Finally , finally delivers our new Asymmetrical spinnaker today!!!!!! Finally!

Hurry up….and wait…maybe mid march.
While California continues to see a pounding of weather and shows slow signs of developing typical seasonal high pressure system offshore, we continue to wait in Mexico for enough wind to blow us to the trade winds which will deliver Sea Bella to French Polynesia.
The two weather locations are related as we continue to learn more about global weather and how we move about the globe.
We could jump now but doing so might extend our crossing time by days, even weeks if we chose unwisely. Also, the swell coming from the north (Thank you California) could make a slow passage very rolly and uncomfortable.
So, we currently sit with friends in the beautiful bay of Carrizal and wait.…….
……maybe for days or weeks.
(FYI, we hope the total passage will be less than 21 days +- 3 days)? 🙂


Sea Bella has a new non-carbon producing, eco-friendly engine, a big and beautiful asymmetrical spinnaker. Using technology that’s been around for thousands of years! Thank you to Mike at PV Sailing for completing this project.

Waiting for weather

What do you do when you’re waiting on a weather window?
-Finish provisioning (what’s a sailor without grog?)
-Kathy’s canning good stuff
-Saying good bye to GREAT friends on Ave Marina.
-Kathy is brushing up on her skipper skills in Tenacatita on Rest a Whiles Tiwal. Thanks Mark and Denise!
-Down load new Sat photo charts of Tuamotos
-and SV Finally , finally delivers our new Asymmetrical spinnaker today!!!!!! Finally!

Hurry up….and wait…maybe mid march.
While California continues to see a pounding of weather and shows slow signs of developing typical seasonal high pressure system offshore, we continue to wait in Mexico for enough wind to blow us to the trade winds which will deliver Sea Bella to French Polynesia.
The two weather locations are related as we continue to learn more about global weather and how we move about the globe.
We could jump now but doing so might extend our crossing time by days, even weeks if we chose unwisely. Also, the swell coming from the north (Thank you California) could make a slow passage very rolly and uncomfortable.
So, we currently sit with friends in the beautiful bay of Carrizal and wait.…….
……maybe for days or weeks.
(FYI, we hope the total passage will be less than 21 days +- 3 days)? 🙂


Sea Bella has a new non-carbon producing, eco-friendly engine, a big and beautiful asymmetrical spinnaker. Using technology that’s been around for thousands of years! Thank you to Mike at PV Sailing for completing this project.