Rene and I sailed from La Cruz to La Paz. It was some good sailing and some tough sailing, especially after the motor would not start when we raised anchor in Los Muertos. We had a a hard but satisfying sail to La Paz in one day.
Sarah joined in April. Total outdoors Auzzie chick, hiker, diver, surfer, rock climber and swimmer and probably more that she never told me about. We had a great time on Wings but ashore I could never keep up with her.
Sarah
Jennie met me at the fancy new Chadraui Selecto super market for provisioning and we found this great sourdough bread for $21pesos. Two loaves lasted us a week.
Sourdough
After Agua Verde we set sail for La Cruz. The crossing was pretty good but we has an autopilot failure which caused some crazy navigation but also has some really good sailing for a couple of days.
Auto Pilot failure
But all was good and we made it to La Cruz and tied Wings back up at the dock. Now I said good bye to my loyal crew and started the next phase: Boat work and normal life in La Cruz during the summer.
First job: get the bow pulpit fixed. Remember? It got crunched in the last race in March and we sailed with it lashed together all around the Sea of Cortez. But now it comes off for a replacement.
wingssail images-fredrick roswold Bent bow pulpit
The stanchion bases were destroyed too but it looks like they needed replacing anyhow (43 years old)
The stanchion bases
I am a sailor, born of a nautical tradition passed to me by my father and my Grandfather Alfred. I’ve spent most of life on my passion which is the sea and the vessels which go upon them. I have had many such vessels and now I live on and sail on the sloop WINGS.
which I acquired in 1986 with my wife Judy
who shared my passion. For ten years we lived on Wings in Seattle and sailed, including racing. Then we left the Pacific Northwest and voyaged across the world, across the seven seas, to faraway places, and made them our own.
For thirty-eight years I have lived and loved this life. I still live on Wings, in Mexico, and sail and race often. Judy passed away in June, 2023 and I miss her but you can still join us and sail the seas as we did for all those glorious years. Fred Roswold, SV Wings, Mexico