Year Two

April 3, 2003
It’s 10:00 PM. We just secured the boat to a mooring buoy in front of the Acapulco Yacht Club. We are dog tired from too little sleep and the stresses of navigation into an unfamiliar harbor. We had a 2 day passage from Z town. We can see the entire skyline of the city. Acapulco is a large city of one million people. It’s
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April 9 2003
It’s 2:00 PM. We are sailing further south to Huatulco. It’s a 2 day sail from Acapulco. The weather is perfect. We have a nice breeze on our quarter. Our boat speed is 7 knots. Life is good. Freebird is such a pleasure in these conditions. Many other boats would be motoring. Freebird moves so well in this light air, we can sail at
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Tuesday April 29, 2003
It’s midnight. We’ve had a great three and a half day sail across the Gulf of Tehuantepec. We have been flying our spinnaker all day and have just switched down to the reacher. We left Hualtulco with 5 other boats. Some left 8 or 10 hours ahead of us. Freebird was the last one out of the harbor. We are now a full day ahead of them . The
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Wednesday May 28th
In a rain squall, we arrived at Bahia Santa Elena at 2:30 in the afternoon. What a gorgeous bay. It is totally lush green foliage in a secluded quiet anchorage with no one else here but us and the birds that are squawking and calling from the shore. We feel that we have found paradise. After reading in our guide book we find out
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Wednesday June 11th
We’re headed back to the Murcelagos Islands and Bahia Santa Elana for a few days. Dave caught a fish! As we pull into the bay we see one other boat at anchor. It’s Lorelei 2 . We had left them several weeks earlier in El Salvador. They dinghy over to welcome us to the bay. The evening is spent telling lies, eating and drinking vodka
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August 8th 2003
We are back home on the boat after our visit to Seattle. We are welcomed by our friends in the bay. We spend the next few weeks diving, fishing, snorkeling, working on boat projects, and cruising the islands.

August 30, 2003
We are cruising down the coast,
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Saturday October 4, 2003
Well here we are in the Pacific islands of Panama. I’m going to say it again: This is the best so far! We anchored on a small bay on Isla Parida. From our stern we look at an island with a perfect white sand beach like you see in all the magazines. We are the only the boat in the whole island group. Just as it is getting to bie dinner time
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Log 10: Ipala to Bara de Navadad	Well, before starting log 10 I’m going to digress and tell you about the blessing of the fleet. Every year, the priest in PV celebrates the holy day of fisherman by going around the whole marina in a decorated panga from boat to boat to bless it. Marilyn of Celebration was filming the procession when the priest got to Freebird. She noticed that he stopped, cocked his head to the side in mid-shake of the see more...
Log 11: Z Town, Butterflys, Anganaio	Z Town is a small town about the size of Paulsbo WA. It has about 5000 restaurants. Some good some not so good. Mostly fresh seafood. The town is located at the head of Zihuatanejo Bay. It is about 10 miles from the tourist destination of Ixtapa. Many of the people that work at the resorts in Ixtapa live in Z town. The bay is so well protected that we felt comfortable leaving the boat here at anchor while see more...
Log 12: Acapulco	April 3, 2003 It’s 10:00 PM. We just secured the boat to a mooring buoy in front of the Acapulco Yacht Club. We are dog tired from too little sleep and the stresses of navigation into an unfamiliar harbor. We had a 2 day passage from Z town. We can see the entire skyline of the city. Acapulco is a large city of one million people. It’s see more...
Log 13: Huatulco, Oacxaca	April 9 2003 It’s 2:00 PM. We are sailing further south to Huatulco. It’s a 2 day sail from Acapulco. The weather is perfect. We have a nice breeze on our quarter. Our boat speed is 7 knots. Life is good. Freebird is such a pleasure in these conditions. Many other boats would be motoring. Freebird moves so well in this light air, we can sail at see more...
Log 14: El Salvador	Tuesday April 29, 2003 It’s midnight. We’ve had a great three and a half day sail across the Gulf of Tehuantepec. We have been flying our spinnaker all day and have just switched down to the reacher. We left Hualtulco with 5 other boats. Some left 8 or 10 hours ahead of us. Freebird was the last one out of the harbor. We are now a full day ahead of them . The see more...
Log 15: Costa Rica ~ Part 1	Wednesday May 28th In a rain squall, we arrived at Bahia Santa Elena at 2:30 in the afternoon. What a gorgeous bay. It is totally lush green foliage in a secluded quiet anchorage with no one else here but us and the birds that are squawking and calling from the shore. We feel that we have found paradise. After reading in our guide book we find out see more...
Log 16: Costa Rica ~ Part 2	Wednesday June 11th We’re headed back to the Murcelagos Islands and Bahia Santa Elana for a few days. Dave caught a fish! As we pull into the bay we see one other boat at anchor. It’s Lorelei 2 . We had left them several weeks earlier in El Salvador. They dinghy over to welcome us to the bay. The evening is spent telling lies, eating and drinking vodka see more...
Log 17: Costa Rica ~ Part 3	August 8th 2003 We are back home on the boat after our visit to Seattle. We are welcomed by our friends in the bay. We spend the next few weeks diving, fishing, snorkeling, working on boat projects, and cruising the islands. August 30, 2003 We are cruising down the coast, see more...
Log 18: Panama ~ Part 1	Saturday October 4, 2003 Well here we are in the Pacific islands of Panama. I’m going to say it again: This is the best so far! We anchored on a small bay on Isla Parida. From our stern we look at an island with a perfect white sand beach like you see in all the magazines. We are the only the boat in the whole island group. Just as it is getting to bie dinner time see more...
Log 19: Panama ~ Part 2	Friday October 15, 2003 After a nice sail we have arrived in the little village of Boca Chica. This is a little fishing village. We walk up through the main (only) street and find Victor the "cab driver". Victor has a van and will take you to David, the second largest city in Panama. The next day we head out at 0700. It's a 2 hour drive through some beautiful see more...