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For several years now, we have listened to other cruisers talk about their adventure in the Copper Canyon....

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We have been asked many times, what would we do if we got sick in Mexico.  Well, just like at home, we’d...

Middle of the night, and the low battery alarm is sounding.  When Don checked in the morning, found a...

While we have been sitting at the dock here in Guaymas, we have kept ourselves busy with boat chores,...

While we were waiting for Jerry to return with our Glow Plugs, we took a break from boat chores and went...

After the wild goose chase around Guaymas and Empalme for Glow Plugs, decided to try the internet.  Spent...

Forgot to add the video in my last blog post…it may be the only “sailing” we do this season.  Yes, we...

Great trip around the corner to Guaymas … sunshine & calm seas, just the way I like it.  We had requested...

There must have been a cancellation for a haul out because we had been told the earliest we could go...

The day after we got the mixer elbow taken into the machine shop, Don spent the day changing out another...

When Don started doing the alignment on the prop shaft, he noticed another problem.  The mixer elbow...

Just as we were finishing supper on Sunday night, we heard someone coming up the ladder.  Don’s brother...

Here we go again, as soon as we start to check things out, the first problem we encounter is a low battery. ...

Arrived in San Carlos after having spent the day in Phoenix in the company of our friends (and taxi drivers)...

Can’t believe that 6 weeks in Calgary have already passed, seems like we just got back from Guatemala...

was just as busy as all the rest of the weeks. A trip to Zunil in celebration of Santa Catarina, lots...

So many things to do, so little time … our next trip was to a Pottery Co-operative and then a trip thru...

Another week is quickly coming to an end, and I’m afraid the Spanish is not much improved! … but the...

Can’t believe our trip is already more than half over. Our Spanish School also acts as a travel agency...

After two days of school, 5 hours a day, Don says his brain is fried (“cerebro frito”). It is a little...

After a day and a half of travelling, we are finally settled in and ready to start school tomorrow. ...

For many years we have talked about going to Guatemala to attend one of the many Spanish Schools there. ...

It is now the 1st week of October, and we have finally had a few days in a row of dry, and relatively...

I think Evelynn’s favourite part of the Zoo today was the Mariposa.  We could have stayed all day to watch the “flys”.

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We return from Mexico every year to spend spring & summer in Calgary. This doesn’t exactly meet my requirements...

We've been back from Mexico for a month now and finally got time to update the website.

http://oasiscruise.com/Prairie-SeaShell/Season-4/Mazatlan-Guaymas

Our Fourth Season is quickly coming to an end. We have enjoyed ourselves, despite the rather unseasonable...

Got to Guaymas yesterday after 84 hours of motor sailing with a brief 3 hour powernap stop behind a sand...

Finally  had a weather window to get out of Barra and we planned to do an overnight all the way to La...

We were anchored in Barra de Navidad lagoon again, getting laundry done, stocking up on groceries, water...

We have been in the Manzanillo/Las Hadas area for the past week or so. The water has been warm, and the...

We have decided that we like our solar powered christmas snowball lights, not just because they are festive,...

Christmas Day dinner on the beach and a pinata party for the kids.  Really nice surf landing today, hardly...

We have been tied up at the dock here in La Cruz for about 10 days now, and it’s time to head south again....

We left Mazatlan with sunny skies and no wind. Radioed Merry & BJ as we were leaving and we caught up...

Have spent about 10 days here in beautiful Mazatlan, the boat is clean, the laundry is done, the stores...

We have spent a few days here in Mazatlan and have met up with some old friends. Went for our traditional...

Made a couple of stops on the way to Mazatlan, first Los Muertos, but arrived in the dark, so too late...

We have had a productive week here at Marina Singular in La Paz. Most important task was to get the Win-Link...

Finally got away from Guaymas and headed for La Paz. Seas were very rough when we first left, short, choppy, square waves. The captain decided instead of fighting the waves, we would go with them, so we altered course and headed towards Topolobombo. Much more comfortable, and by afternoon, winds had shifted and we were able to get back on course towards La Paz. In fact, we had our best sailing ever, 18 hours, no motor, just reefed main and big jib.

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We did get the antenna wire all in place, but unfortunately did not get the computer back as scheduled. ...

Had a busy day today, put Don up the mast twice.  Once to change the anchor/mast head lights to LED lights...

Cutlass bearing changed, new shaft seals, another alignment and we are ready for another splash down....

The morning wasn’t shaping up too well. Don checked with Horacio to see if we would be hauled out today...

Horacio, the yard supervisor, says he should have space in the work yard on Tuesday or Wednesday, so we will get hauled out here, change the cutlass bearing, seals, and anything else we can think of, whether it needs it or not. We had brought new fuel injectors down with us as we had not been able to get new ones back in March....

That is Hurricane Rick,  It turned inland near Mazatlan, about 400 miles south of Guaymas. So we decided...