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… Continue Reading
Ms. Toni is a 40 ft. Jim Brown. The owner had some serious health issues and the boat was left for a few years basically unattended here in the San Carlos at the Los Tomates anchorage in San Carlos Bay. We got the boat put into the Marina just before Hurricane Newton devastated the area… Continue Reading
You never know what summer time will bring when teaching a sailing course. You are of course guaranteed warm water and this year we got two beautiful cloudy days and had the opportunity to sail through some refreshingly rain showers. That doesn’t happen all that often. Kathryn from the Alamos mine up in northern Sonora… Continue Reading
I had the vast pleasure of sailing a Halman 20 the other day here in San Carlos. The boat came with a house purchase and I helped the new owner get the boat a bit sorted out. Halman Manufacturing Company built boats from 1978 to 1997 based out of Ontario Canada. The boats are serious… Continue Reading
Bob and Florence had incredible weather for their 7 day sailing course. February tends to be the windiest and coldest month of the year here in San Carlos but this year was a bit different. Due to the monster el nino we are having this year the water temperature is still hovering around around 70… Continue Reading
Some shots from our third day out sailing with Fernando and his two kids. They are progressing rapidly plus we found the local dolphins in their usual spot! Continue Reading
So Fred came down from chilly Northern California and Alissa is finishing up her Masters in Linguistics in Southern California and we had a really nice three day basic keel boat sailing course!! And I got off my lazy butt and actually have the pictures to prove it! Continue Reading
So a buddy/sailing student of mine recently purchased a Irwin 34 and was looking to have a winch installed so after some on line research we came up with this custom install for him!! It came out super dubber nice and the chain now runs directly into the chain locker and you never have to… Continue Reading
Gerald drove all the way to San Carlos from Shreveport LA. to take 101 basic Keel boat. By the end of the three days his kids were a well oiled machine and ready to kick dad off the boat and sail it themselves!! Continue Reading
Day one was light wind, today was day 5 and we had gusts of 30 knots and some seriously nice seas. Continue Reading