– by Capt. Pat Rains La Paz, Baja California Sur, is a beautiful historic port, a lovely beach resort city and the capital of Southern Baja – found at the

– by Capt. Pat Rains Reasonably sane people do take their well found yachts and go long-distance cruising to exotic lands:  this crazy  idea sprouted in the 1940s, but really bloomed

The fuel pier at Turtle Bay has a mooring you can pick up off the bow and then back your stern up to the pier. Now you don’t have to

Various rumors about the fuel situation in Turtle Bay had been floating around the air waves for months including that there was no functioning fuel dock, so we were interested

We were on the street outside Cruiseport marina trying to flag down a taxi to go to dinner but they were all occupied. After  10 minutes, my shipmate whips out

In December 2015 we anchored at Belcher’s and did some more soundings and corrected the shoreline. Belcher’s is 3 n.m. inside Mag Bay to the north. Although many boaters like

We made a boat trip from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas in December 2015. What follows is a series of blogs with updated information on the several places we

August 2013: Marina Chiapas (Puerto Chiapas) is hauling yachts out of the water with the brand new 60-ton travel lift, both for repairs or dry storage (paved yard). This new