We have been steered by the windpilot with the new rudder for over a 1000 miles and when removed in Galapagos it looked good. So I think we can claim some success for the new rudder we made while in Shelter Bay, Panama. It was surprising quite how many people contributed to getting the final […]

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The big day arrives, tyres are tied on as bumpers along both sides of the boat, water tanks full, long lines ready, line handlers on board off we go. Now this is when you hope the engine won’t play up, there will be no room for sailing down the canal. We arrive at the flats […]

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Time came to move on from the San Blas Islands and the Kuna Indians, and off to Colon we set, leaving with just enough light to get out passed the reefs and sail though the night to Colon. Our usual watch pattern I’m on watch from eight in the evening till midnight or there about […]

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Trip from St Lucia to the San Blas Islands took eight days, we had to slow down toward the end so that we would not arrive in darkness. Weather was kind to us, we did sail a hundred miles out from the Columbian coast trying to avoid the notorious rough seas,(apparently in the top five […]

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One of the wonderful thing about sailing is meeting new people, some you just enjoy their company while your share an anchorage and some you will keep in touch with.. Mal and Joan are two cruisers we will keep in touch with. We had fun and one sunny Sunday going for a walk with them, […]

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Watched as Giselle went through the Panama Canal today, below the break is what we saw from Miraflores Lock webcam – Andrew.

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We are all set for our transit of the Panama canal.  We have a date of Friday 1st May.  We  will have 3 other yacht crew members to help us with lines.  Mike from Octagon and Ruth and Peter from Mudskipper. Link to web cams of the canal We expect the following time table but […]

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We are well on our way to making the rudder for the windpilot. Ryce came up trumps finding exactly the correct tube for the shaft and doing some exquisite welding. You can contact him on +507 433 0433 or +507 6429 4288 if you need help with stainless parts. I’ll get to mention all the […]

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Benny’s Flambé Bananas Peel bananas, split length ways, and fry in pan with little butter and sugar if you wish. Add rum to pan, heat, pour onto dish and light rum carefully. Serve, eat when the flames have gone out. Unless you’re a flame eater.

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Position:  9.5446,-78.9007. Lemmon Cays, San Blas Islands Distance run 1096 Sorry no e-mail yesterday.  We were on “final approach” at the time and then needed to hurry to catch the officials for permits etc.  Then we had to celebrate arrival. Was fed up about needing to have the windpilot self-steering gear repaired especially as the […]

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