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Welcome to Adventures of CODA.  This is the travel log of Steve Olsson. Travelling with Barbara (his sister) on a 43 foot American Tug.

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Cedros Island and dinghy fuel

After touring Tambor it was time to take the two additional hours to see Cedros Island in the Nicoya Inlet. We found a recommended cove...

Around the point to Tambor

Once again -- an easy 9:30 departure after lattes. Tambor was to be a longer day -- 50nm around Cabo Blanco and in towards the Nicoya...

Tamarindo to Bahia Samara

Heading south in little jumps seems way more fun than the multi-day cruises. We decided to make a few small jumps and enjoy the Pacific...

Coda is Grumpy

9:00 AM in the morning came the next day and we moved to the fuel dock to take on some fuel prior to departing towards Panama. Coda had...

Back to Costa Rica and on to Panama

Returning to Costa Rica was with mixed feelings. I had a great time in Seattle as you can see from my last post, but I looked forward to...

Conclusion and summary

We left San Diego February 1st. That is only 4 months of travel but it is a lifetime of experience and fun. Thanks to Matt for writing...

Our longest Passage

6:00 AM we were being inspected by the Mexican Navy and calling the Port Captain to let him know we were clearing the port and the...

Invasion of the tubers

We woke in the morning and several additional boats had arrived throughout the night. S/V Delos, S/V One Life and S/V Calico Skies. If...

Hard push south

We headed out of Acapulco at 9:30 after taking on fuel. After that, we were off on a 32 hour passage to Huatulco. We did not suffer. ...

Acapulco

A long 30 hours later we pulled into Acapulco. We arrived a bit earlier than expected and it was still dark entering the harbor. We...

A long Cruise to Zihuantanejo

We left at a leisurely hour of 11:00AM after checking out of the hotel. It was going to be a long cruise so we did our shift scheduling...

Barra de Navidad

I was a bit iffy on this stop as the guidebook did not praise this spot very highly. It was on the way and we needed rest after...

Puerta Vallarta

We left at 6:30 so we could make it into port prior to sundown. I was looking forward to Puerto Vallarta as it would be a good port with...

San Blas

We left the paradise of Isla Isabel at 6:30 and took the short cruise to San Blas. We had heard of a jungle cruise and nice mission in...

More boobies than the French Riviera

We started out for Isla Isabel, a tiny island about 14 miles offshore, at 6:00AM. The dawn was breaking and the wind was calm. It was a...

The Altata that didn't

The goal, again was to out by early morning, in this Case 2:30 AM so we could cross the bar in daylight. Altata has a difficult bar and...

Topolobampo -- what the heck is that?

We did not want to be off too early from San Carlos as I wanted to arrive at Topolobambo during daylight hours and I wanted to leave...

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