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Cliff Nelda Jack and Dylan Swigertt rocked a 3 day course

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Vince • 0 Comments

I had the pleasure of teaching this great family the ASA 101 basic keel boat course at the end of December of 2017 in San Carlos. Since Cliff and Nelda live up in the Pacific Northwest they appear to have ice water coursing through their veins! They went swimming at Martini Cove.

Thanks for coming down guys!!

Beth & Ed from Durango

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Vince • 0 Comments

A nice couple of hour day sail with a sready 12 knot breeze!!

Mario & Mario Two nice days!

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Vince • 0 Comments

Two great days of Sailing with the Organic Farmers of Guatabampo!!! See you guys soon!!

2 out of 3 ain’t bad, Agustin brings wind from the DF…

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Vince • 0 Comments

Agustin and I had two very nice 10 knot days and one light wind day for the ASA 104 Bareboat charter course!

We also had one fine day of dolphin sailing. The you tube link below is from a video shot a few years back and the ? pics are from a different course, i will post tge current dolphin pics shortly!

Dan & Jim three days of perfect summer wind!

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Vince • 0 Comments

The beauty of sailing in summer is the warm water of the Sea of Cortez. So with that in mind Dan from Colorado and Jim from Alaska, who now lives in Yuma had three perfect days of 8 – 10 knot winds and 80 degree water.
I will get the pictures posted shortly. I am actually doing mt first blog post with an Android smart phone and the WordPress app!

Dan, Brady, Chris and Jon from Utah: dolphins, turtles mantas and sea lions plus some fish!

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Vince • 0 Comments

Seven great days of sailing with the boys from Utah. We had almost every conceivable condition you could get, first day during the memorial day regatta was a strong north westerly wind with many days of great southerly winds to follow. Dan, Brady, Chris and Jon had some wonderful Sea of Cortes moments. Two great bottle nose dolphin sailing days were recorded during our week. During those days I was able to get some great ID shots for our new dolphin catalog we are starting up for WorldsAquarium. We also spotted a few sea lions in the bay and the last day was particularly interesting with great spear fishing plus a turtle and three manta’s observed. We even stopped a commercial fisherman from trying to hook one of those manta’s up for dinner!! So seven great sailing days at the end of May! Thanks to the boys from Utah for coming down!!! I will be working on the video over the next week of so and post it when finished!!

Mark, Robert and Lucas good wind nice weather at the end of March!

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Vince • 0 Comments

So we did several days on Sandia and a few days on Marc’s 35 Cal which was a great boat to sail. Very much rigged like our 32 Ericson. The Cal 35 has a well positioned main sheet right in front of the companion way which makes sheeting and jibbing the boat a piece of cake! We had great wind over the 5 days and it was a blast sailing with you Gents!!

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Thanks to Jesse, Chris, Michele & Lili From Vivac Winery, Dixon New Mexico

Posted on March 25, 2017 by Vince • 0 Comments

So we had the rock stars from Vivac Winery do a 7 day course and they absolutely rocked San Carlos!! Thanks for coming down guys!! Can’t wait to visit you all up there in Dixon New Mexico!

Rob & Linnea went from zero to hero in 7 spectacular days of sailing!

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Vince • 0 Comments

So it was a grand pleasure to teach the highly motivated mid westerners, Rob the adventurer Linnea the dolphin whisperer, to sail. There is no doubt after this course that Ron and Linnea could handle Sandia our 32 foot Ericson with out any assistance from the likes of me! Luckily they stayed for 10 days which gave us a bit of wiggle room because of the 35 knot storm day that was a cause for cancelling a day. I can pretty much count on one finger the total number of days we have cancelled due to excessive winds over the 20 years we have been sailing.

And I will remind you guys that I do owe you a couple of days of sailing on the our 40 foot trimaran when you come back!! Got to take a sail on the dark side right!

Rob is no stranger to adventure, here is a link to his 2014 summer trip rafting 1,600 plus miles on the Mississippi river!

Hope to see you guys again soon and remember this summer, JUST KEEP SAILING!!!!

Leon Echado in background

Dead down wind

muchos pajaros

dolphins

Tres Marias minus one

Hooka divers, watch out for the diver

Kayakers

Mexican Air Force

Tiller Time

Day one coiling the halyard

Shadows

Muchas Aletas

Hooka divers

Hold er steady wing to wing

Where is the Teta Kawi?

Dolphins in Bay

Dolphin Whisperer!

ID shot

Wing to Wing

Final Test Tinme

Surrender the Booty

Mirador Escenico

Rob after Kiting

Diver down

The Walk

Sheet woman sheet!

man in little boat

Algodones beach

Dolphins in the bay

Fog

Oso the wonder dog

Nat Geo Vista

The pick up

The Santuario del Mar

OMG………

Isla Pastel

Kim From Alaska, 7 days of wind and warm water!

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Vince • 0 Comments

I always tell my prospective sailing students to come in October. It is the nicest month of year. Warm water and the beginning of the north west winds. This year was no exception. The water was indeed warm and the air temps were as well and we caught many fish this week, including several sierra not pictured above. I have helped Kim look at several boats during the week and with any luck Kim will soon have her affairs settled in Anchorage and be on her way to her new adventure of sailing the Sea of Cortes!!