Life on SV Arcola

The next day we bought some groceries and sailed north to a bay where we spent a couple nights exercising our sea legs as the wind rocked the boat all night. Holly helped Wes figure out his sewing machine and he practiced on some of his tired flags. We moved a little further north and spent the day swimming and puttering on the boat. Wes has almost every tool imaginable on board, including a hair cutting kit so Holly set to work shortening Karl's hair while Kevin and Wes worked on scrubbing the barnacles off the bottom of the boat with scuba gear and Beth swam laps to the shore and back. We returned to the La Paz harbour in the evening for yet another spectacular sunset. What a treat it was to spend these days experiencing another mode of world travel and the huge skill set it requires.Read more