Log of SV Wendaway

Bob Millikin's Silverado

I first heard the commotion before I actually laid eyes on Bob Millikin’s home-built sailboat, Silverado.

A small, boisterous crowd had gathered at the head of a dock in a small community on the eastern side of the Sea of Cortez and were cheering and clapping. I poked my head out of my Valiant 40, SV Wendaway, and saw something very like an apparition: an anachronism in aluminum, the  ghost of Joshua Slocum’s legendary sloop, The Spray. Continue Reading »

Sailing past the Sierra Gigantes

This is a shameless post in order to brag about our fabulous crossing and also our sail down the Baja coast to Puerto Escondido. It was exhilarating.

This after 6 weeks of recomissioning Wendaway after a lengthy refit including a complete engine rebuilding by master mechanic Omar Garza.

So we were ready to be exhilarated. Have a look at the photo, left. Continue Reading »

Historic village of Alamos

Almost 150 years before The Alamo became famous as the place where Texans fought against the Mexican army,  another Alamos had already been established as one of the richest mining districts in the New World. Originally known as Real de Minas de Purísima Concepción de los Alamos (Cottonwoods Royal Mines of the Immaculate Conception),  this one has a vastly richer history – and has the distinction of being “the only Spanish colonial town in Sonora to survive Indian raids, civil wars and the ravages of time.”

Sort of.  This time capsule of a town has been ravaged by floods, cholera, and most recently, by the economic downturn started by, our guide informed us, Osama bin Laden. Continue Reading »

Getting Wendaway Ready

Wendaway is back in the water and looking forward to seeing all our cruising buddies. Here is a photo of the foot of the ladder while our boat was being prettified by the Precision Painting crew of Francisco Lopez.

We are currently at  Marina Singlar Guaymas and hope to be setting out by Nov. 4, heading towards the Baja side and a rendezvous with SV AirOps.