by Rachel | Feb 15, 2023 | Mosaic Voyage Blog, Sea of Cortez 2022
After spending a couple of nights and the Fourth of July at Isla Partida, our group decided to head back west to the mainland Baja in order to re-establish our connection to the outside world via Starlink. I needed to continue to be able to work, of course, and our...
by Rachel | Feb 13, 2023 | Mosaic Voyage Blog, Sea of Cortez 2022
We left Santa Rosalia in the dark of night around 4am on July 2nd to make the passage to San Francisquito with time to arrive before nightfall. It was a sporty sail in the 20s and up to 30 knots for much of the trip. We caught some fish, several black skipjack tunas,...
by Rachel | Jan 30, 2023 | Mosaic Voyage Blog, Sea of Cortez 2022
Toward the end of June, 2022, we left Bahia Concepcion and the anchorage at Santo Domingo to sail north toward Santa Rosalia. We would make a stop for a few days at the Isla San Marcos to wait out some incoming wind. And to wait for space in the crowded Santa Rosalia...
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 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 6, 2022 | Mosaic Voyage Blog, Sea of Cortez 2022
After sailing off anchor at Isla Coronados, we sailed north up the Baja coast for about 23 miles. We had plans to meet back up with SV Captain Musick, SV Nike, SV Meraki, SV Foreigner, SV Auryn and others at San Juanico, though we ended up in the La Ramada anchorage....
