27 Feb 19:50 ship’s time – 680nm SW of Cabo San Lucas — As I write we have succumbed to the calm and are motoring again. We’re moving along at almost 6kn with a very light northeasterly breeze behind us. We’ve had a tough and very light wind…

25 Feb 1430 ships time – Somewhere west of Clarion Island.* We’ve been really lucky to have this northerly breeze continue at a higher velocity than forecasted. We only had one very light spell in the middle of the night last night and motored for about 3 1/2…

24 Feb 16:05 GMT -8 It’s so great to be sailing again. The last 24 hours have been pretty light, and the engine has been running almost continuously. We were in a calm for quite a while last night, and we motored through it all into dawn, which…

It’s hot out here today, and we know we’re only just getting started. The last couple of days have seen quite the variety of conditions here aboard Flyer. Rounding Cabo was boisterous. Decent following seas and a fresh 25-30 knot northwesterly breeze meant we were making good time…

I’ve been waiting five and a half months to catch a Mahi Mahi, and the first day at sea we hooked up to a 20lb, 3.5’ long cow Mahi!  We were trolling a 4” cedar plug on a handline around 100’ behind Flyer, and a blue chugger with…

Apologies from the Flyer crew for letting this blog slide a bit over the past couple of months. Rest assured we have found ourselves busy, enjoying the cruising in the Sea of Cortez, as well as making a big trip to visit some family (while still on the…