My favorite place so far

I've been sailing with my family for almost five months and trust me I've seen some breath taking places. All the places I've seen are very unique from each other.

My favorite place so far is Isla Coronados and I will give you three reasons why.

1. I loved the hike there because you could see the mainland, other islands and all around the island from the top. You could see all the different shades of the turquoise water, it was beautiful! 

2. I was amazed by how many manta rays there where swimming under our boat. They would jump two feet out of the water and do summer salts or belly flops. 

3. Fishing is amazing there because i caught about six trigger fish and one snapper. That made some yummy fish tacos that night!   I love the Sea of Cortez , it very beautiful. I never expected the water to be so clear and the fish to be so colorful. I love the Sea of Cortez !!!!!!!

The Sea of Cortez is full of fish and there are more fish when the water is warm. When I fish I use metal lures instead of rubber ones because the rubber ones will not last as long. I enjoy fishing but its tough to watch my dad filet them. As a animal lover I hate to see my dad filet the fish, but they sure do taste good! 

What keeps us busy.... Legos to moustaches and more

When were not pretending to be filming Titanic at anchor here are some of our favorite things onboard to keep us busy.  We have an enormous amount of space to keep our toys... Thankfully

On an easy passage we love playing with Legos.  We can build anything out of our Legos.  We don't recommend keeping them in a popcorn tin as it's getting rusty. 

Whatever you do, don't leave the dock without stick-on moustaches! Easy to pack and loads of fun. We went over to Sv Makai wearing them for fun. 

Who doesn't love a moustache?

Do you know how fast you were going, meow ?

We have 10-11 Barbie dolls. 3 boy dolls and 8 girls. We also have Barbie's golfcart and her convertible Mini... She really does have everything!!!

Raven is a horrible driver!!!!!

We also love our Monster High dolls

In Cabo we convinced our parents to buy good quality float rings...they're awesome. In Jaltemba we used them to sit and watch an up close and personal dolphin show.  The dolphins swam right up to us and started doing flips

We LOVE our kayaks

It's easy to pack fun Chinese paper lanterns.  Buy them off Amazon, they lay flat and can store under mattresses. Be sure to get the kind with bamboo sticks and not metal frames.... You don't want to create waste in the Ocean!

On a smooth passage we like to create collages using old magazines, scissors and glue sticks

Don't forget cute sun protective shirts!

We love boat slumber parties! We enjoyed hanging out with Sophie from Sv Stochastic in Banderas Bay

We know just enough Spanish to bargain while shopping. We are learning Spanish as we go. 

We both LOVE to fish! Our dad bought us poles and lots of lures.  Unfortunately Puffer and Trigger fish love to nibble our lures... We had to buy more. 

In Turtle Bay our dad bought us about 12 "squiggly" lures. We loved them so much we named them:

Disco, Boogar, Pixle, Mr and Mrs Squiggly, Cool Jazz, Big girl, Baby, Granny, Watermelon, Shimmer, Floppy and Sky. Because most of the "squiggly" lures got torn apart we just bought 4 new metal ones. 

The metal lures have been named: Sunhine, Strike, Ocean and Zebra.  Yes, we're little girls who name our fishing lures!

Don't forget to pack snorkel gear.  We can carry on full conversations underwater while speaking through our snorkels. 

We have tons of books on board, Mad Libs, playing cards, board games, musical instruments, hot wheels, dress up costumes, art supplies, stuffed animals and a HuGE box of Littlest Pet Shops (71 animals to be exact)

Anytime you see us at anchor come play... We have more than enough to share!!!

Turning bread into science

Sometimes my mom makes loaves of bread on the boat. One time the yeast was dead and she made a loaf of bread anyways. After she was done baking and the bread didn't turn out, my dad asked if he could use the bread as bait.  With his fishing line and moms bread he was able to catch a really small fish. We used the fish to learn about science. 

First my dad had us sketch the fish.

He pointed out the different parts of the fish.

Then my dad cut open the fish so we could see the inside

We took out the gallbladder, intestines, liver, heart, and eyeball. 

Emma and I were able to look at the different parts of the fish under our microscope.

I thought seeing all the different parts of a fish was educational and cool. Science on the boat is fun, especially when my dad is a scientist. i love homeschool!!!!! 

Sailing Sisters star in another awesome video

We're at it again!! We've made another video. 

so many sand dollars not a lot of time

One of my favorite spots for finding sea shells and sand dollars was Santa Maria. There weren't many big shells, but the ones that I saw were beautiful. We saw lots of sand dollars, huge ones that were the size of my hand. The sand dollars were scatered every where on the beach. We found a few live ones and there were a lot of the dead ones.

Can you tell which sand dollar is still alive? It's the black one. 

This sand dollar is still alive......we threw it back into the ocean 

COURTESY FLAGS

A courtesy flag  is flown by a ship in foreign waters as a sign of respect by a visiting vessel. It is often a small national maritime flag of the host country. The flag is customarily flown off the flag halyard of the starboard spreader. The flag should be flown the whole time you're in that same country.

We put our Mexico flag up almost 2 weeks ago and it will stay up until we leave Mexico.

OUR MEXICO COURTESY FLAG

I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SALLY'S CLASS AT I.A.  THANKS FOR FOLLOWING AND I MISS YOU GUYS!!!!

Turning t-shirts into usable bags by EMMA

What to do with all those old t-shirt? How about turning them in to reusable bags?

Start with any t-shirt

Cut off the sleeves and neck

With your t-shirt flat on a table, cut up 3 inches (both front and back of shirt)

Tie your 3 inch tabs together..one tab from the front of the shirt and the other tab from the back

Enjoy your new reusable bag.