Communications

On my cell phone voice mail greeting I mention that “I may be off the grid for extended periods so please leave a message” I guess there is a bit of a “grid” here in baja but it is a bit difficult to stay connected with the world out here on the boat in the Sea of Cortez. It is a pretty remote area of the world, with sparse outposts of civilization still in development.

Cell phone service is pretty sparse, only in or near the towns, even if you do have a Mexican ph...

One of the most disastrous situations in boating is “taking on water”. If you call the coast guard for anything they will always ask you “are you in any danger of running aground or taking on water?”)

There a lot of ways a boat can take on water: a big waved could roar over you and “down-flood” through the open hatches (which is why in big storms you “batten down the hatches!) You could also suffer a damaged through-hull fitting which is a plumbing problem (most likely of th...