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Welcome aboard my new blog. It’s here to share boating news from Mexico and Central America and occasionally cruising adventures from other venues, new and past. Coming up …

• Hurricane Alley: Now we are in the height of hurricane season 2009, the Pacific coast of Baja just had a brush from Hurricane Jimena and another storm is blooming down south. This blog will post cruising and yacht-delivery tales of hurricanes we got to know intimately - but didn’t love. See what it’s like and the steps necessary to batten down with a Category 5 hurricane bearing down on you. The photo is of the Marina Puerto de la Navidad in Mexico. A natural hurricane hole.
• Med Madness: Our recent 6-week Med cruise on a 57’ Nordhavn starting in Malta, to Sicily, Greece via the Corinth Canal, around the southern Peloponnese, back through the Strait of Messina while avoiding the whirlpools of Scylla and Charybdis, stopping in Sardinia, Corsica, and ending in Rapallo on the Italian Riviera.
• FUBAR 2009: In November, my nautical guidebook Mexico Boating Guide is a Sponsor of the FUBAR 2009, and I’m going along as an Escort of the fleet of 55 power boats, voyaging slowly from San Diego to La Paz, making stops in Ensenada, Turtle Bay, Santa Maria, Mag Bay, San Jose del Cabo and Muertos Bay. I’ll post blogs, video and photos as we cruise southward
• FL to CA via Panama: March 2010, I’ll begin a 4-month cruise from Key West through the Panama Canal to San Diego, stopping in Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala. I’ll be gathering the latest information for my UPDATES and future editions of both Cruising Ports: the Central American Route and Mexico Boating Guide. Stand by … You’ll get the news first right here.