Monthly Archives: November 2015

Help for Amateur Radio License and SSB 

We were having troubles obtaining our call sign and amateur radio license. I thought I had it all figured out and paid for with plenty time before we left for Mexico. Long story short, it was completed but we had a message saying that it wasn’t. We a made a simple phone call on a Sunday morning the day before we left to a man named Gary Jensen. We found him on the internet searching for ways to find out what happened and how to get our call sign and license printed out before we left for Mexico. 

He was quick to answer the phone and all our questions we had. He even ended up helping Christian out with some of our SSB trouble shooting. We highly recommend using Gary if you are having issues with radio licensing or SSB questions. He’ll even do all the work for you on the FFC website for a well spent fee. I did do the FFC application myself, but it was tedious and if I had procrastinated any longer, we wouldn’t have had it on time. So if you are one of those people who rather pay someone for the time to do the work than take the time yourself, or you waited until the last minute to get our amateur radio license, I highly recommend hiring Gary. 

We’ve made it to Turtle Bay!

We made it to Turtle Bay and it only took us 3 days shy of 3 months since we departed, and it still feels fast! We left the US three weeks ago and we’ve only made it to Turtle Bay. We were actually going to make a few more stops prior to sailing in to Turtle Bay, but our GRIB files that we downloaded with our PredictWind subscription gave us warning of winds that we would want to find protection from. 

Of course whether is always the number one determining factor on where we go and how long we stay, so we ended up moving a little faster than we hoped for on this first leg of Baja Norte. Never the less, we have been having a blast! We started buddy boating with two single handed Canadians. We like to refer to them as “the crazy Canadians”. Pete  and Andrew have been a hoot, to say the least, and super awesome to have buddy boating along with us. To make things even better, our good friend and old slip neighbor Casey, from Sausalito, sailed down from San Francisco and met us at Isla San Martin. He left Nov 1st and united with us on the 7th. What an amazing trek! 

Now we are a buddy boating group of 4! 

  
 

A sheepshead that Christian speared and Yellowfin that Emma caught!

  
 

Ellamae’s 8th Birthday!

 
  
     

 

Bahia Tortuga

  
  

Ellamae turns 8 today!

Our Canadian friends and Emma walked/hitchhiked to El Rosario and came back with a piñata for Ellamae’s birthday today! We love our buddy boating pals!

Happy birthday Ellamae!