November 28th- December 5th This leg was supposed to be just Juan David and me, but delays in Ecuador meant I couldn’t make it to San Diego in time for Thanksgiving with Marina. Instead, she joined me in Quito, where we celebrated at my son’s place with my father, sister, brother, and nephew. We grilled … Continue reading Cartagena to Colon-Panama
December 2 I will post about Leg 2 (morocco and Ecuador). For now just wanted to share the link to the tracker: https://my.yb.tl/yblogAntares. We left Cartagena at 7am this morning. It s not 18:00. Conditions are not great but we re managing.
November 13, 2024 I left Bangkok on Friday November 1st. Destination, Paris where I spent the night and part of Saturday before taking another flight to Zurich and then Johannesburg and Maputo. The beginning of a ~5 weeks trip that also includes Rabat, Quito, Cartagena, Panama (sailing BEHEMOTH), and San Diego. From there back to … Continue reading Around the World: first leg Paris and Ponta do Ouro
October 8, 2024 Five weeks ago this day — September 3th, 2024 at 14:00 GMT — my mother’s life came to an end; she was 77. I understand from my sister who was with her that it was a peaceful death. She was sleeping, my sister holding her hand, when she inhaled deeply and let … Continue reading Hua Hin: Ashes; R. Crusoe; e-collar; caviar from the tropics; homeless
August 29, 2024 This house we rented, it is a special place, a quiet place far from the chaos and noise of the city. There are only a few other houses around inhabited by reserved and discrete people. You rarely hear a car, a voice, or a lawn mower, just birds, including peacocks, some rain, … Continue reading Hua Hin: a quiet place, QALYs, updates from BEHEMOTH
(This is an old journal entry that I’m posting from Hua Hin almost one month after it was written — technical problems). August 3rd, 2024 I flew here on Thursday after only two days with Natalia and Woland in BKK. I had hoped that my e-visa wouldn’t be ready on time and would have to … Continue reading Yaoundé: diminished expectations, BEHEMOTH’s whereabouts, a bad sailing book and a good SciFi book
July 24, 2024 Writing in the main cabin while drinking coffee. Natalia is on the other side of the round table reading the news on her IPad. Marina is in the galley making pancakes and sausages. BEHEMOTH is almost still charmed by a gentle breeze from the north. I just came back from a short … Continue reading Islas del Rosario: good times, bad times
July 4, 2024 I haven’t updated this journal since before Marina’s arrival to Thailand in early April. No special reason other than the lack of motivation. As I wrote in the last post, for Marina’s vacation we rented a house in Kho Samui and drove there with Natalia and Woland — a 12 hours journey. … Continue reading Casa Blanca: death
March 25th, 2024 I don’t have a religion but follow certain traditions from Catholic culture. One is eating fanesca during holy week. Fanesca was originally a fish soup, made with potatoes and salted-dry codfish. Over time it evolved to include a variety of grains, corn, peanuts, squash, and pumpkin. It is served with a slice … Continue reading Bangkok: Fanesca, an arrival, and the red monster
March 13, 2024 I'm late with this update, couldn’t get to write it down. And not because something bad happened in Cartagena. On the contrary, overall, things went well. I was finally able to sail BEHEMOTH, and what a wonderful sailboat she is. It happened on Tuesday, February 27th. Three crew came along: Hector, BEHEMOTH’s … Continue reading Bangkok: Cartagena’s epilog, LDL down, Dorian Gray, genes vs. chance
Sailing to the Pacific 