Checking into Costa Rica on a good day is a challenge..known for its arduous, bureaucratic check in process and an in person boat inspection for pork of all things, not to mention pricey with fees totaling over $500. However for us the bureaucracy was the ...
The last part of our passage to Isla Parida was super light and we had to motor some but we did manage to eek out some sailing. We experienced our first battery shutdown due to overheating which began the process of installing a blower for our batteries. R...
Join us as we embark on our very first sail in the Pacific Ocean. We depart from Playita Marina located just outside Panama Canal and set our waypoint for Punta Mala (Bad point), a point with a confluence of strong currents, notoriously rough in high wind...
Morale is high as we complete our Panama Canal transit and enter the Pacific Ocean for the very first time! What a feeling as that last lock gate opens and we shoot out into the Pacific Ocean! What a contrast when compared to how we feel a few days later w...
This episode begins at Shelter Bay Marina near the entrance to the Panama Canal. We’ve just arrived after a beautiful two day passage from the San Blas Islands, squeezing in behind the break wall after successfully circling around a tanker in a stiff bre...
We leave the San Blas after cruising the tropical paradise for a whole two months - It feels too short but a canal crossing is on the horizon! We haul anchor, set the Spinnaker and zoom off following Delos our buddy boat. It’s a lovely passage and after ...
Our last days cruising in the amazing San Blas Islands will prove to be THE best yet! Two months behind us in this pristine cruising ground has meant beautiful anchorages with good holding and protection, white sand and turquoise water for days and palm tr...
Why don't I want my Mom to skip this one? It starts out innocently enough with a bonfire in the new spot we sailed to last time - A gorgeous beach in the beautiful San Blas Islands, Panama. We're here with friends on Delos and Plucky of Sailing into Freedo...
We’re sailing to a new island here in San Blas, Panama to check out a new spot with our buddy boat s/v Delos - Our ‘routine’ while cruising here. We recently added friends Andy & Charli to the mix (friends since the TTYC days) and today we’re a...
A question we are often asked is if we are lonely living and traveling full-time on a sailboat? Is it difficult to be without family and a grounded community?? In our experience the sailing community has been one of the biggest draws to this lifestyle, as ...
Isla Tigre, a San Blas island with a population of fifteen hundred is celebrating Independence Day and they are happy to have us participate . We spend a day at the festival which begins with a reenactment of the revolution that secured for the Guna people...
We are breaking down on Calico Skies but being anchored in 'Hot Tub' (called so thanks to a weather phenomenon occurring in the summer when the water heats up) San Blas, things could be worse! We've been working our way through the beautiful island group h...
Though our current spot in San Blas is pretty sweet - We get regular deliveries from veggie boats, where we load up on fresh fruits & veg, booze and chicken at great prices - it's time to check out the infamous 'Hot Tub', an anchorage just 7 miles from...
The cost to cruise the paradise that is San Blas is less than we’d imagined. Our new spot, a beautiful island with deep water all the way up to the shore, has that untouched feeling. But when a veggie boat selling Budweiser comes by we begin to understan...
We decide to move spots and explore a new island in the San Blas chain but when Bill goes to pick up the anchor the windless won’t power up. With no obvious reason for the malfunction and a buddy boat, s/v Delos whose already departed Bill decides to pul...
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