S4, Ep53 How Two Teachers Became a Liveaboard Sailing Couple in Retirement
25 January 2026 · 20 min · 397 views · Municipio de San Felipe, Mexico
What this video covers
Sailing Into the Mystic's boat, named Mystic, works north along Baja California's Pacific coast from Bahía Colonette to Ensenada, motoring most legs in calm, windless conditions.0:36 Tim and his partner spent several days anchored at Bahía Colonette with nearly 200 feet of chain out in glassy water, doing brightwork — sanding and lacquering wood — while fishing boats and seals shared the bay.1:22 A nine-hour motor to Bahía Santo Tomas revealed a rocky bottom; the crew searched for a sand patch before finding holding reported by previous sailors, though a swell rolled in overnight and a single rogue wave struck the hull around 10 p.m. with no warning.8:16 A Starlink cable fault forced a slow upload over Telcel data.5:09 Passing La Bufadora — described as the world's second-largest blowhole, capable of shooting 60 feet, after one in Oahu — they arrived at Ensenada's Hotel Coral Marina to fuel up, navigating a low-tide warning of five-foot clearance at the fuel dock.14:19 Docking in an unfamiliar slip, they misread the marina map and spent 15 minutes repositioning the boat diagonally wedged between two docks.16:13 The trip marked their first year of liveaboard retirement sailing and the first leg of a planned circumnavigation.18:40
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