by Rachel | Jan 25, 2023 | Inland PNW, Mosaic Family Voyage, Vancouver Family Magazine
This article was previously written by Rachel Messerschmidt for and published by Vancouver Family Magazine in December 2022. This was my FINAL monthly column written for Vancouver Family Magazine. We’ve been back in the Pacific Northwest since mid-August. We’re...
by Rachel | Jan 24, 2023 | Mosaic Family Voyage, Sea of Cortez 2022, Vancouver Family Magazine
This article was previously written by Rachel Messerschmidt for and published by Vancouver Family Magazine in November 2022. It was July 2022. The daily temperature, both of the air and of the water, continued to climb. We could find reprieve in the water, but even...
by Rachel | Jan 21, 2023 | Affiliate Article, Boat Projects & Improvements
We bought our sailboat, Mosaic, in 2016. We moved aboard in Portland Oregon and set to work getting her ready for extended cruising. Over the years, we have completed countless updates and upgrades to the boat, but the teak toe rail never made it onto the...
by Rachel | Jan 13, 2023 | Mosaic Voyage Blog, Sea of Cortez 2022
Toward the end of June, we spent a week in a sweet anchorage called Santo Domingo at the mouth of Bahia Concepcion about halfway up the inside of Baja California in the Sea of Cortez. At one point during our stay in Santo Domingo, we picked up anchor along with about...
by Rachel | Dec 7, 2022 | Affiliate Article, Mosaic Voyage Blog
If you’ve been following our blog for any length of time, you know that our family of four has been living on our 40-foot sailboat since 2016. In 2022, we cruised in Mexico, ending in August in the northern end of the Sea of Cortez at Puerto Penasco. From there,...
