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Now having been three weeks at sea, and after running out of fuel in the main tank, followed by 16 hours…

After weeks of watching the latitude dropping towards 0-degrees, it was strange to see the numbers going back up again, but…

After two weeks of uncomfortable conditions, we had finally entered the doldrums and were motoring our way through the notorious windless…

With a week of the crossing behind us, the days past with each moment feeling like an eternity of sailing purgatory…

By Day 4 of the crossing, we transitioned to our 3-hour on, 9-hour off schedule and began settling into a life…

After a nearly sleepless, anxiety filled night, I awoke on the morning of our planned departure for the Pacific Ocean crossing…

After the week in the Bahamas and a day long layover in Houston, Eitan and I returned back to SV Sierra…

After my trip to Belize, I had a few weeks at home to celebrate my 33rd birthday, see friends and family,…

Despite my COVID scare in San Ignacio, I had no other reason to believe I may have contracted it. I was…

As I was approaching the end of my travels in Belize, I decided to slow down and spend 4 nights in…

After a strange couple of days on the boat, I woke up in Hopkins, ready to explore the Belize mainland for…

After a bumpy end to 2021, I slept surprisingly well with the help of an Ambien and woke up in my…

Sorry in advance for this ridiculously long story, but let’s dive into my horrible end to 2021 which was on par…

After an incredible 4 nights at Itza Resort and 8 amazing dives, it was time to continue and explore the rest…

My first full day at Itza Resort on the Lighthouse Reef Atoll in Belize was incredible and I still had two…

After two weeks of exploring the Yucatan Peninsula with Eitan and his family, I was headed next door to Belize. Eitan…

After my diving experience in Tulum during the week before Eitan’s arrival with his parents, Eitan was cautiously looking forward to…

After a couple of days in Valladolid and a week in the Yucatan Peninsula, it was finally time to meet up…

After recovering from the stomach flu in Bacalar, I was ready to move on to a new city, so I hopped…

On my last morning in Tulum, I woke up feeling quite hungover. Although I wasn’t planning on going out the night…

After a chaotic and fun night out in Tulum, I woke up feeling surprisingly well and headed down to grab some…

With SV Sierra Wind safely tucked away in a slip at the marina, Eitan and I packed our bags, preparing to…

Despite having just splashed S/V Sierra Wind in September, it seems she was going to be back on the hard again…

Eitan’s friends were due to arrive in a few days, so we pulled anchor and started heading south from Bahia Concepcion….

After crossing the Sea of Cortez for the fourth time, we were back in Baja, at the northern mouth of Bahia…

Since we left San Diego and started cruising in Mexico a year ago, Eitan and I decided our favorite places had…

While in San Carlos we had a special guest come to visit, S/V Sierra Wind’s previous owner, Jim. One afternoon, we…

I arrived back from Mexico City and Eitan from California after our week apart and were ready to get back onboard….

Being in Mexico City for Dia de los Muertos and Halloween also meant it was my one-year anniversary since hopping aboard…

After touring the Teotihuacan pyramids, we arrived back in Mexico City by the afternoon. Some of the group decided to go…