http://yachtpals.com/dolce_vita Islander 36 Freeport en http://yachtpals.com/blog/la-paz <strong>Blog at <a href="http://yachtpals.com">YachtPals.com</a> - The Online <a href="http://yachtpals.com">Boating</a> Community</strong><br /> <p>It is another great morning in La Paz so I thought I would put together another blog so you can see some of the views I have here each day.</p> <p>It gets warm here, or should I say HOT. However, the winds cool everything down to the high 60's in the late afternoon through the evening so sleeping is great. I wish I could say this will continue but the locals say next month it will remain hot all day and evening</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/dolce_vita" class="og_links">Dolce Vita</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://yachtpals.com/blog/la-paz">read more</a></p> http://yachtpals.com/blog/la-paz#comments Cruising La Paz mexico Todos Santos 24.141741 -110.354233 Dolce Vita Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:54:28 +0000 Dolce Vita 1863 at http://yachtpals.com http://yachtpals.com/blog/mexico-cruising <strong>Blog at <a href="http://yachtpals.com">YachtPals.com</a> - The Online <a href="http://yachtpals.com">Boating</a> Community</strong><br /> <p>We have arrived after sailing for 28 hours at an anchorage off of a sandy beach on a remote island. The island is Isla Cedros. Turtle Bay, tomorrows stop, is 30 miles away. We had ourselves another adventure before leaving on today's route. Nothing wrong with the boat. <a href="/mexico-mask" title="Mexico">Something more scary.</a></p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/dolce_vita" class="og_links">Dolce Vita</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://yachtpals.com/blog/mexico-cruising">read more</a></p> http://yachtpals.com/blog/mexico-cruising#comments Cruising Cabo San Lucas La Paz Magdelena bay mexico Turtle bay 24.167115 -110.319386 Dolce Vita Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:39:58 +0000 Dolce Vita 1807 at http://yachtpals.com http://yachtpals.com/mexico-mask <strong><a href="http://yachtpals.com">YachtPals.com</a></strong> 17 May<br /> Masked Gunmen in Mexico - Pirates or Police?<p><img src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:l3ypVGUmPjJkPM:http://bp0.blogger.com/_xC8IG2aEbYY/Ra2TltA32XI/AAAAAAAAAJo/M_A4byFKDGM/s400/BalaclavaAndGun.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="85" height="113" align="left" />We just recieved this report from our YachtPal Dennis Gade on S/V <a href="/dolce_vita" title="Dolce Vita">Dolce Vita</a>, warning cruisers about the <strong>men in black masks who approached his sailboat with machine guns and assault rifles</strong> while anchored in <a href="/taxonomy/term/1085" title="Bahia San Quintin">Bahia San Quintin</a>, <a></p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/dolce_vita" class="og_links">Dolce Vita</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://yachtpals.com/mexico-mask">read more</a></p> http://yachtpals.com/mexico-mask#comments Cruising Bahia San Quentin mexico mexico piracy Piracy police 30.374652 -115.935974 Dolce Vita Sat, 17 May 2008 07:08:45 +0000 YachtPals 1703 at http://yachtpals.com http://yachtpals.com/boating/la-salinas <strong>Blog at <a href="http://yachtpals.com">YachtPals.com</a> - The Online <a href="http://yachtpals.com">Boating</a> Community</strong><br /> <p>Our next adventure begins tomorrow at 6:30 am when we pull anchor and head south to Mexico. We should cross the border around 8:30. <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/San_DiegoSunset.jpg/180px-San_DiegoSunset.jpg" alt="San Diego California" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="180" height="120" align="left" />I am curious if there is a blue line in the water that marks to boundary between the US and Mexico. I’ll let you know if I see anything.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/dolce_vita" class="og_links">Dolce Vita</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://yachtpals.com/boating/la-salinas">read more</a></p> http://yachtpals.com/boating/la-salinas#comments Cruising california La Salina mexico mexico marinas San Diego 32.055081 -116.893330 Dolce Vita Tue, 06 May 2008 18:23:23 +0000 Dolce Vita 1646 at http://yachtpals.com http://yachtpals.com/blog/san-diego <strong>Blog at <a href="http://yachtpals.com">YachtPals.com</a> - The Online <a href="http://yachtpals.com">Boating</a> Community</strong><br /> <p><strong>Are you tired of your boring life? Are you looking for that bit of excitement in your life that you remembered from your youth?</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/dolce_vita" class="og_links">Dolce Vita</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://yachtpals.com/blog/san-diego">read more</a></p> http://yachtpals.com/blog/san-diego#comments Cruising california catalina Dolce Vita San Diego 32.704689 -117.229614 Dolce Vita Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:59:24 +0000 Dolce Vita 1588 at http://yachtpals.com http://yachtpals.com/blog/catalina <strong>Blog at <a href="http://yachtpals.com">YachtPals.com</a> - The Online <a href="http://yachtpals.com">Boating</a> Community</strong><br /> <p><img src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_F_rZgH9Yn6w/SA6O0EmtdzI/AAAAAAAAAEM/p2XN5tycg_M/s320/Kurts+Photos+015.jpg" alt="California coast" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="320" height="240" align="left" /></p> <p><strong>We left Marina Del Rey on Sunday and set course to paradise better known as Catalina Island. Our first stop was two Harbors</strong> located on the NW end of the island.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/dolce_vita" class="og_links">Dolce Vita</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://yachtpals.com/blog/catalina">read more</a></p> http://yachtpals.com/blog/catalina#comments Cruising california catalina 33.347119 -118.325350 Dolce Vita Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:36:13 +0000 Dolce Vita 1553 at http://yachtpals.com http://yachtpals.com/blog/los-angeles <strong>Blog at <a href="http://yachtpals.com">YachtPals.com</a> - The Online <a href="http://yachtpals.com">Boating</a> Community</strong><br /> <p><strong>Next Port-of-Call, Marina Del Rey which is located just north of the Los Angeles Airport. </strong>It is the largest marina on the west coast of the United States. Sunny and warm and yes, smoggy.</p> <p><img src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_F_rZgH9Yn6w/SAnz1eIzRbI/AAAAAAAAAD0/AtIc0dTQAw8/s320/Marina+Del+Rey.JPG" alt="sailing blogs" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="320" height="240" align="left" /><strong>The trip down from Channel Islands Marina took 8 hours. </strong>We motored the first 6 hours and as we got closer to the coast we picked up wind and raised the sails.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/dolce_vita" class="og_links">Dolce Vita</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://yachtpals.com/blog/los-angeles">read more</a></p> http://yachtpals.com/blog/los-angeles#comments Cruising california Los Angeles Marina Del Rey Oxnard US 33.979017 -118.446683 Dolce Vita Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:01:49 +0000 Dolce Vita 1529 at http://yachtpals.com http://yachtpals.com/blog/santa-barbara <strong>Blog at <a href="http://yachtpals.com">YachtPals.com</a> - The Online <a href="http://yachtpals.com">Boating</a> Community</strong><br /> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><strong>Here we are again at yet another beautiful port-of-call, Santa Barbara. </strong>We were given a great slip at the marina, 25 yards away from the bathroom and showers and 75 yards away from the bar. Even I could not have planned it better.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_F_rZgH9Yn6w/R_2cTh4roQI/AAAAAAAAACc/zdxQO8fERRM/s320/Good+Times.JPG" border="0" alt="sailing california coast" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="320" height="240" align="left" /></p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/dolce_vita" class="og_links">Dolce Vita</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://yachtpals.com/blog/santa-barbara">read more</a></p> http://yachtpals.com/blog/santa-barbara#comments Cruising california Morro bay Santa Barbara 34.407529 -119.692215 Dolce Vita Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:55:58 +0000 Dolce Vita 1477 at http://yachtpals.com http://yachtpals.com/blog/point-sur <strong>Blog at <a href="http://yachtpals.com">YachtPals.com</a> - The Online <a href="http://yachtpals.com">Boating</a> Community</strong><br /> <p>Sorry for the delay in getting my latest messages out. I have been busy getting the boat back in shape. Bob and I are safely tucked away in Morrow Bay since Monday afternoon around 2:00 pm.</p> <p></p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/dolce_vita" class="og_links">Dolce Vita</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://yachtpals.com/blog/point-sur">read more</a></p> http://yachtpals.com/blog/point-sur#comments Cruising california Dolce Vita gale heaving to heavy weather hove to Monterey point sur storm tactics 36.226550 -121.948242 Dolce Vita Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:16:05 +0000 Dolce Vita 1443 at http://yachtpals.com http://yachtpals.com/blog/monterey <strong>Blog at <a href="http://yachtpals.com">YachtPals.com</a> - The Online <a href="http://yachtpals.com">Boating</a> Community</strong><br /> <p><strong>Short sail yesterday from Santa Cruz to Monterey most of it in the rain. Did I say sail? I meant motor. It may have been raining but there was no wind again.</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_F_rZgH9Yn6w/R_UDQorYXOI/AAAAAAAAABU/ZlumgD2uMBs/s320/Lou+Lou.JPG" border="0" alt="monterey cruising blogs" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="320" height="240" align="left" /> </p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/dolce_vita" class="og_links">Dolce Vita</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://yachtpals.com/blog/monterey">read more</a></p> http://yachtpals.com/blog/monterey#comments Cruising california Monterey Santa Cruz 36.604099 -121.891766 Dolce Vita Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:31:27 +0000 Dolce Vita 1361 at http://yachtpals.com http://yachtpals.com/blog/santa-cruz <strong>Blog at <a href="http://yachtpals.com">YachtPals.com</a> - The Online <a href="http://yachtpals.com">Boating</a> Community</strong><br /> <p><strong>S/V Dolce Vita </strong></p> <p><strong>ON MY WAY</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>My first leg on Sunday was all the way to South Beach where yet again, I found another party.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/dolce_vita" class="og_links">Dolce Vita</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://yachtpals.com/blog/santa-cruz">read more</a></p> http://yachtpals.com/blog/santa-cruz#comments Cruising california Half Moon Bay Monterey Santa Cruz 36.963300 -122.001929 Dolce Vita Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:20:53 +0000 Dolce Vita 1353 at http://yachtpals.com http://yachtpals.com/node/222 <strong><a href="http://yachtpals.com">YachtPals.com</a> - Online <a href="http://yachtpals.com/map/node">Cruising Guides</a></strong> <p>This is the front page of the S/V <strong>Dolce Vita</strong> scrapbook. An <strong>Islander sailboat</strong> currently sailing from San Francisco, California to Mexico.</p> <p><img src="http://www.sailblogs.com/member/sailingaway/images/dolce_vita_at_the_docka_scale.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="400" height="300" /></p> <p><em>Islander sailboat Dolce Vita at dock</em></p> <p><img src="http://www.sailblogs.com/member/sailingaway/images/freeport_launcha_scale.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="400" height="300" /> </p> <p><em>Islander sailboat Dolce Vita</em></p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/dolce_vita" class="og_links">Dolce Vita</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://yachtpals.com/node/222">read more</a></p> Sailboats california Dolce Vita islander islander sailboat san francisco bay Dolce Vita Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:57:51 +0000 Dolce Vita 222 at http://yachtpals.com http://yachtpals.com/node/652 <p>I plan to begin my voyage in March, 2008 and as such have begun to investigate insurance that would cover me and the boat. Quotes that I have received so far are around $2,800 for a boat valued around $70,000. If you do the math, you would have to agree with me that this sucks. As such I am considering going without insurance.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/bcdc" class="og_links">BCDC</a></li> </ul></div> <script type="text/javascript" src='/misc/jquery.js'> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(document).ready(function() { var h; $(".node .content img").each(function() { if($(this).width() > 100) { h=$(this).height()/$(this).width()*100; $(this).attr({height : h }); $(this).attr({width : "100"}); } }); }) </script> <p><a href="http://yachtpals.com/node/652">read more</a></p> http://yachtpals.com/node/652#comments Boating Forum Insurance Dolce Vita BCDC Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:45:30 +0000 Dolce Vita 652 at http://yachtpals.com