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Cruisers Sharing Seafood – Part of the Natural Order? – 48˚ North

Kaoha Nui, A big thanks to Joe and 48˚ North magazine for publishing Cruisers Sharing Seafood – Part of the Natural Order? in their October 2025 edition. It’s a story from my voyage aboard Sampaguita, a 1985 Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20. The title sets the tale up, so I won’t spoil any further. I hope you enjoy, and thanks for stopping by.

Category: 2023 Voyage, Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, Voyage 2024, Wildlife Tags: 48 North, Alaska, baja, Flicka 20, Florida, France, french polynesia, frfench, happy hour, hiva oa, Ireland, Irish, Irish Rover, lobsters, Mexico, Pacific Seacraft, port townsend, sailboat, sailing, Salmon, Sampaguita, shrimp, the Marquesas, the resourceful sailor, Tuna

Sampaguita Sailing and San Juanico, Baja

Sampaguita and I sailed off the anchor from Bahia Asuncion on late Tuesday morning. We got a slightly later start than intended, but the morning wind was light and we got caught up in cleaning the sand and stones from the kayak. The Aire kayak is a whitewater kayak, which is to say it has a rugged PVC exterior shell with inflatable bladders inside. One for the bottom and one on each… Read More

Category: 2023 Voyage, Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Overnight Trips, The Resourceful Sailor Series, ThreeSheets Tags: Anchor, baja, ex-pat, Flicka 20, just do it, lobster, Mexico, salt, salt water, sand, shrimp, sun, the resourceful sailor, voyage