Final Push Before the Panama Canal | Pressure is On! EP119
In this episode of Sailing AWEN, we do our final push to prepare transiting from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean through the Panama Canal. There’s a lot of lingering prep work, medical visits, a quick trip back home for personal business, and provisioning that never seems to end.
While sailing full-time and living aboard our catamaran, the pressure is on to wrap up loose ends and complete final preparations.
We’re sailing full-time aboard AWEN, our Outremer 52 performance catamaran, continuing our bluewater sailing journey. From offshore passages and ocean sailing to the quieter, human moments that make life afloat so meaningful, we share the real highs, challenges, and surprises of liveaboard catamaran life.
This episode shows the work and preparation involved beyond the beautiful anchorages and destinations – because good seamanship all comes down to preparation and forethought!
⛵ IN THIS EPISODE
• A quick visit home
• Dealing with intermittent AIS problem
• Servicing our life raft, wind vane and anchor tackle
• Final provisioning push
• Tying up loose ends before the Panama Canal
If you’re dreaming about sailing around the world, living aboard a catamaran, planning an ocean crossing, or transitioning to a simpler life of travel and adventure, we hope this episode resonates with you.
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We’re Holly and Stéphane — former professionals who left traditional careers behind to sail full-time. Our goal is a circumnavigation (or at least half of one), sailing offshore and exploring the world by sea aboard our Outremer 52 catamaran.
We document:
• Bluewater sailing & offshore passages
• Liveaboard catamaran life
• Ocean crossings & preparation
• Life after early retirement
• Real lessons from life at sea
More about us 👉 https://www.sailingawen.com/about-us
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In this episode of Sailing AWEN, we do our final push to prepare transiting from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean through the Panama Canal. There's a lot of lingering prep work, medical visits, a quick trip back home for personal business, and provisioning that never seems to end.
While sailing full-time and living aboard our catamaran, the pressure is on to wrap up loose ends and complete final preparations.
We’re sailing full-time aboard AWEN, our Outremer 52 performance catamaran, continuing our bluewater sailing journey. From offshore passages and ocean sailing to the quieter, human moments that make life afloat so meaningful, we share the real highs, challenges, and surprises of liveaboard catamaran life.
This episode shows the work and preparation involved beyond the beautiful anchorages and destinations - because good seamanship all comes down to preparation and forethought!
⛵ IN THIS EPISODE
• A quick visit home
• Dealing with intermittent AIS problem
• Servicing our life raft, wind vane and anchor tackle
• Final provisioning push
• Tying up loose ends before the Panama Canal
If you’re dreaming about sailing around the world, living aboard a catamaran, planning an ocean crossing, or transitioning to a simpler life of travel and adventure, we hope this episode resonates with you.
🔔 Subscribe to Sailing AWEN for real offshore sailing, catamaran life, ocean passages, and the lessons we’re learning along the way:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/@SailingAWEN
🌊 ABOUT SAILING AWEN
We’re Holly and Stéphane — former professionals who left traditional careers behind to sail full-time. Our goal is a circumnavigation (or at least half of one), sailing offshore and exploring the world by sea aboard our Outremer 52 catamaran.
We document:
• Bluewater sailing & offshore passages
• Liveaboard catamaran life
• Ocean crossings & preparation
• Life after early retirement
• Real lessons from life at sea
More about us 👉 https://www.sailingawen.com/about-us
🔗 CONNECT WITH US
🌐 Website: https://www.sailingawen.com
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sailingawen/
📘 Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/SailingAwen
📩 Inquiries: [email protected]
🎧 COVERT CASTAWAY PODCAST
Real conversations about leaving conventional life behind
Listen anywhere or stream at https://sailingawen.com/podcast
🎶 Music by Epidemic Sound
#sailing
#liveaboard
#catamaranlife
#outremer52
#fulltimesailing
#sailingvlog
#boatlife
#SwN&x%
© Sailing AWEN
Sailing AWEN
We are Holly and Stephane are formerly from the San Francisco Bay Area but have a home in Tahoe. Our 'someday' plan was to sell our belongings, buy a boat and with reckless abandon sail away to visit distant lands, which we did starting in 2020. You can follow our transition and journey in our totally candid podcast, Covert Castaway, wherever you listen. Or, you can follow every stop we’ve made with pictures, blogs and stream our podcast directly on www.sailingAWEN.com. You can also find us at https://www.facebook.com/SailingAwen and we update this most often, or our blog at www.sailingawen.com. https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/awen
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