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This week we head into the beautiful Shelter bay marina to finally install our Hydrovane, and a few other maintenance jobs that one has to do owning a boat. In the 30 + heat we put piece by piece together and Kieran drills several hols in Merewether, not a...

This week we say goodbye to our beloved Bocas del toro, we have stayed for almost 2 months and we have loved every minute of it but now it's time to continue. Having 5-6 knots of wind coming out of Bocas we decided to try out our spinnaker for the first ti...

In this episode, we go over the preparation process on how to cross (transit) the ⛴Panama Canal🚢. We walk you through what we did, how much it cost us, and lessons learned. It ended up being super simple and we are glad we didn't pay and extra $500 fo...

Part of our Panama Canal transit process was paying for it all in the city of Colon. Multiple friends, guidebooks, and locals said this was a SUPER dangerous city to be in. So of course after we paid our transit fee, we decided to buy some cans of premixed...

We arrive in Colon and quickly leave for a "vacation from our vacation" while our bottom gets repainted. It doesn't go smoothly. [This video was shot pre-covid.] POSTING LIVE UPDATES ON SOCIAL: https://www.instagram.com/the_sailing_family/ https://www.fac...

We finally make the big (scary) passage to Panama. 10 years ago we nearly lost our boat off the coast of Colombia - so was it worth sailing all the way to Jamaica to avoid that route this go around? Click the video above to find out! POSTING DAILY ON SOCI...

Transiting the Panama Canal from the Caribbean to the Pacific. For sailors this is one of those big milestones in our journeys. For me it was a stressful time but once we anchored in the Pacific Ocean for the first time it felt like we had accomplished som...

Depois de uma navegada de 150 milhas que deu trabalho chegamos em Colón, estamos ancorados na Marina de Shelter Bay realizado os trâmites para Cruzar o Canal do Panamá, nesse episódio mostramos como funciona o agendamento do trânsito do canal, partici...

Yet another Berliner joins the boat. Meet our NEW CREW: Lucie! She'll will be on the boat for the next weeks, helping us through the Panama Canal, and generally being awesome. In this episode we provision the boat, and sail from Puerto Lindo to Colon to ge...

Transiting the Panama Canal without an agent is not hard and you save a lot of money. Join us in Colón as we prepare for the transit and show you the preparations before leaving the Atlantic Ocean. Our friends on SY Carpe Mare have written a guide with ...

It's Panama Canal Day! Our Sailboat Transit from the Caribbean to the Pacific. Join our crew on Patreon and become a BIGGER part of the adventure: http://bit.ly/patreon-wynn Get all the Details of our trip here: https://gonewiththewynns.com/transit-pana...

It's happening! Time to transit the Panama Canal & we're doing it without an Agent. Join our crew on Patreon and become a BIGGER part of the adventure: http://bit.ly/patreon-wynn Get all the Details of our trip here: https://gonewiththewynns.com/no-a...