San Lucas prison and finally over to Puntarenas
Taking another leisurely day, we left Cedros around 8:30 for the hour and a half cruise up to San Lucas. This island is the location of...
Welcome to Adventures of CODA. This is the travel log of Steve Olsson. Travelling with Barbara (his sister) on a 43 foot American Tug.
Taking another leisurely day, we left Cedros around 8:30 for the hour and a half cruise up to San Lucas. This island is the location of...
After touring Tambor it was time to take the two additional hours to see Cedros Island in the Nicoya Inlet. We found a recommended cove...
Once again -- an easy 9:30 departure after lattes. Tambor was to be a longer day -- 50nm around Cabo Blanco and in towards the Nicoya...
Heading south in little jumps seems way more fun than the multi-day cruises. We decided to make a few small jumps and enjoy the Pacific...
9:00 AM in the morning came the next day and we moved to the fuel dock to take on some fuel prior to departing towards Panama. Coda had...
Returning to Costa Rica was with mixed feelings. I had a great time in Seattle as you can see from my last post, but I looked forward to...
As CODA waits patiently for the hurricane season to pass in Costa Rica, I flew home for my son's wedding. He was married to Marissa, a...
We left San Diego February 1st. That is only 4 months of travel but it is a lifetime of experience and fun. Thanks to Matt for writing...
After a nice night sleep we were up and ready to go. Matt had a flight out the next day, so we decided to have a pure fun day. Not that...
6:00 AM we were being inspected by the Mexican Navy and calling the Port Captain to let him know we were clearing the port and the...
We woke in the morning and several additional boats had arrived throughout the night. S/V Delos, S/V One Life and S/V Calico Skies. If...
We headed out of Acapulco at 9:30 after taking on fuel. After that, we were off on a 32 hour passage to Huatulco. We did not suffer. ...
A long 30 hours later we pulled into Acapulco. We arrived a bit earlier than expected and it was still dark entering the harbor. We...
We left at a leisurely hour of 11:00AM after checking out of the hotel. It was going to be a long cruise so we did our shift scheduling...
I was a bit iffy on this stop as the guidebook did not praise this spot very highly. It was on the way and we needed rest after...
We left at 6:30 so we could make it into port prior to sundown. I was looking forward to Puerto Vallarta as it would be a good port with...
We left the paradise of Isla Isabel at 6:30 and took the short cruise to San Blas. We had heard of a jungle cruise and nice mission in...
We started out for Isla Isabel, a tiny island about 14 miles offshore, at 6:00AM. The dawn was breaking and the wind was calm. It was a...
The goal, again was to out by early morning, in this Case 2:30 AM so we could cross the bar in daylight. Altata has a difficult bar and...
We did not want to be off too early from San Carlos as I wanted to arrive at Topolobambo during daylight hours and I wanted to leave...