[If this is your first visit to the site, you'll need to start at the beginning...HERE] There are two kinds of people in this world. There are the ones that know that returning from a trip like this can be exhausting, embarrassing and confusing. They say “thank god you’re alive”, pat you on the…
I don’t know how many times I turned onto my stomach to see how far the houses on the shore were, but I was split down the middle on whether I thought I could make it or not. I just couldn’t tell if we we’re making progress. If I thought I was getting closer then…
We’re underwater. This is really happening. Get the pump! Fuck. The pump doesn’t work if everything is in the ocean. Life jackets. “Take yours Heath!” Where are the swim fins? Red bag, keep an eye on that one. Everything else is floating away. What is Heath looking for? I’m in the ocean now. This water…
I don’t think I’ve begged for the sun to come up more in my life. Sailing with just enough light to see, in addition to taking on water, was freaking me out. If felt like we were really hauling ass now, but sailing towards shore into oncoming offshore winds doesn’t get you very close very…
**You might be starting to notice the lack of photography. We'll get to that** There was something that was always with us while we were out there in the ocean. I managed to forget about it for the couple of hours that went so well on that sail from San Diego to the Border, but…
There's definitely something different about waking up on the day you're actually leaving compared to the previous days where you knew you'd return home no matter what. This time everything went in the boat, because the day before we had the luxury of leaving things behind we knew we wouldn't need, like 7 extra gallons…
My dad has sailed quite bit in his life. He has friends that are sailors, he's raced long distance, he owned boats most of my years as a kid, and so he's the person closest to me that can give me the most information when it comes to the ocean. One of the things that…
"Screw yesterday, today is going to be totally different." After loading up, driving down, setting up, getting nowhere, and retreating back to John's house I was so tired I felt like I couldn't think straight. I managed to set up our emergency GPS unit, fix and repack a few things, and then I went into…
Sometimes you need to remind yourself that it's ok to fail. One of the reasons I was so wound up on that first day was because I was consumed with the idea of making it to Cabo in time to meet our welcoming party, and I wasn't willing to give up one day to weather.…
I'm sure some of you can sense some of the over the top bravado in the build up to the journey south. I think a part of me has to be this way to keep myself from thinking too hard about the reality of the trip, and I think another part of me knows that,…
WE'RE REALLY DOING IT 