Oasis Cruise & Travel Stories  

We were awaken from a sound sleep just after midnight last night by a lot of rumbling and shaking.  Don...

Our patience in waiting for the weather has paid off.  When we left Mazatlan, we had a bit of west wind...

Our plan is to cross over the Sea of Cortez to do a little diving and spend some time in LaPaz.  The...

Once again the Salvation Army Orphanage kick off the Carnaval with their dance performance. Not as many...

Every year, we like to do some inland traveling.  This year, in the company of Merry & BJ, we headed...

We washed down the boat and had a relaxing morning.  In the afternoon went into town for Dawn to do a...

We departed Marina Mazatlan around 9:30 am when the dredge shuts down for a while to let the tour boats...

Before our company  from Calgary arrive, there are a few minor details we would like to attend to.  After...

We had one of the nicest trips to Mazatlan.  It’s about a 400 mile trip and generally we have done it...

Next day it was down to some serious work.  This is the repair job that Don has to deal with this year. ...

Alas, November has arrived and we are on the move again…

Margaret drove us to the airport and...

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

Since...

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

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...

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)...

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

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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. ...

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...

Watching the progress of hurricane Rick. Category 5 and heading our way. Little progress done on PSS...

Few more little jobs done today, could be ready to go in the water on Tuesday, however, we now see there...

Got moved back into the work yard this afternoon.  Will try to finish keel/rudder repairs as quickly...

Turkey is done, said good bye to all, returned to PSS. Left Calgary after a one hour delay for de-icing...

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