This episode catches Bohemia's weary crew sneaking a bit of marina time, complete with all the luxuries of being plugged in at the dockside! We paid a visit to Panama City's historic and pretty city center and brushed up on our history at the Panama Canal ...
It's official, little Bohemia is eastward bound! That's right, we've decided to take the shorter route to the Caribbean, via the Panama Canal! Watch as we sail into fresh water, elevate as if by magic 85ft into the air and cross an ENTIRE CONTINENT... all ...
This episode joins Bohemia on her maiden voyage of the Caribbean... just around the corner in into Shelter Bay marina. Ha ha. Best to start small and keep things manageable we find. We have a little celebration with our wonderful linehandlers and with our ...
This episode finds us underway to Bocas del Toro, Panama, with El Capitan hoisting the spinnaker in a bold or stupid move, right ahead of an oncoming squall! The overnight sail was spent dodging a handful more large, powerful squalls on the horizon, one of...
This episode finds Bohemia's crew on anchor Isla Escudo de Veraguas, Panama, when the First Mate spies a large squall on the horizon. Luckily, it only brought a bit of swell and an unscheduled tea break and we could get underway again! We sailed a short ho...
We enjoyed Bluefield Lagoon and its friendly indigenous community so much that we winded up staying, even booking ourselves in for a guided tour of the local waterfall with one family, who volunteered their son, Fred to take us. We had fun exploring the ju...
We said a fond farewell to the postcard-worthy Isla Zapatilla - near Bocas del Toro, Panama - and wove our way through a narrow channel into a large, sheltered deepwater lagoon nestled with hundreds of atolls! This whole area was so different from anything...
Bohemia's crew stumbled upon a real gem in the jungle, dropped the hook and refused to move! Bocas del Toro, Panama really has is all - gorgeous beaches, calm anchorages, crystal clear water... and more palm trees than the First Mate could hug in a lifetim...
This episode is just party party party! We settled into our adopted home of Bocas del Toro, Panama and the First Mate finally got the help he'd been crying out for when we took our new friends (and their dogs!) for a cruise to Green Acres Chocolate Farm, w...
Step 1 for shutting down your boat in the tropics.... try not to catch COVID right before you start! That's right, Bohemia's fearless crew got more than they bargained for after too much partying the week before. Luckily the First Mate was on hand to take ...
We traveled to the UK and met our wonderful patrons, Nick and Dave in South Wales... who treated us to a joyride on their new boat, a super fast rib. Watch as we turned into speed demons!! Poor Bohemia is going to feel very slow after this!
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Join Bohemia's fearless crew as they tread cautiously on dry land and take the UK's beautiful South Coast, as well as historic Prague and the Czech Republic!
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It's so great to be back on board after a few months of travel!! We got our sea legs back with a little help from our friends, taking them on a party cruise over to our friend Gary's for a super spooky Hallowen feast! Enjoy!
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In this episode, we finish one Halloween party only to sail into town and start another! We also squeezed in a lot of boat jobs, like scrubbing the bottom, inspecting the zincs and marking our anchor chain ready for departure from the black hole that is Bo...
Yes, it's that time again where Captain Clever claims to be another year wiser! And this year he put his newfound wisdom to great effect, insisting that we left our comfortable marina slip in Red Frog Marina on his birthday, the only day of the year where ...
It's no longer the Captain's birthday but the presents just keep coming! This time he takes delivery of a shiny new solar panel, which of course triggers a week of downpours and tropical storms to keep the universe in balance!
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This week it's no longer 'all about the Captain' and First Mate had his wish granted as we sailed to the stunning Starfish Beach, which is surrounded by palms and palapas (two of the First Mate's favourite things!) AND were reunited with our friends Matt a...
This was a big day for little Bohemia as Elon finally turned on Starlink's satellite internet service in Panama and we installed our little 'Dishy' to power the First Mate's scrolling habit! We bought the RV system which offers a good blend (so far!) of fl...
This episode finds Bohemia's fearless crew underway to Panama's lovely Islas Zapatillas. We were joined by our buddy boat, Matt and Fiona on SV Matilda and wanted to show them a slice of paradise before we parted ways: Zapatillas din't disappoint.... until...
Everything was going so well... until it wasn't. As both Bohemia and our buddy boat Matilda hoisted our super light, super-large sails to harness the weak wind, storm clouds started to loom large on the horizon and things started to get out of control fast...
We had a really challenging overnight sail on our way from Bocas del Toro to the Chagres River, featuring about 6 squalls (the Captain stopped counting after 6!) which brought wind, rain, thunder and lightning. Guess who took the nightshift!!
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Still weary from our overnight sail and squinting into the morning sunlight, we snuck across the river bar and sailed into the lush jungle ahead of us! We were able to motor for several miles upriver and found an isolated spot to call home for a few days w...
We swapped our cosy, upriver anchorage on Panama's Chagres for a lumpy, confused Caribbean sea. We were glad of the short journey and couldn't wait to tuck in behind the breakwater of the Panama Canal on our way to Shelter Bay Marina. After that, the Capta...
Uh-oh, looks like somebody needs to take some sailing lessons! We departed on our upwind slog to Panama's San Blas Islands, when the Captain noticed something wasn't right with the rigging: Our mast was pumping back and fourth like crazy as we slammed into...
We continue our upwind slog out of Shelter Bay, Panama, buoyed by images of the gorgeous San Blas Islands ahead of us! Despite crew comfort being at an all time low, we made fast progress to our overnight stop of Linton Bay and onward the next day, finally...
We dreamt of reaching this magical chain of islands off Panama's East Coast for years, and now we keep pinching ourselves (or rather the First Mate keeps pinching the Captain!) that we finally arrived!
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Uh oh, this episode finds Bohemia's crew staring awkwardly up at the mainsail.... that can only mean one thing, yep it's time to get the sewing machine out again! It's not all work though, and we took some time to explore another magical San Blas island, t...
This episode joins Bohemia's crew raising the anchor and setting off for a short island hop, which of course turned into a little race against Boundless, who just happened to be heading in the same direction! We explore the cover photo (of our guidebook) d...
Better late than never! Join us as we celebrate Christmas on board Bohemia with our dear friends Colin and Julian from SV Boundless, in Panama's breathtaking San Blas islands. Much food, wine and merriment is had in this episode. Everybody really let their...
We made it to the anchorage from the front cover of our cruising guide... only to find it a bit too rolly to stay! But such is life, we found a beautiful 'plan B' anchorage in Green Island instead as we continued our cruise around the San Blas with buddy b...
We departed Green Island in Panama's gorgeous San Blas, on our way to Wasaladap, with Buddy boat Boundless alongside (well, before we overtook of course!). Having spent a wonderful few days exploring the nearby islands, trouble struck when we came to lift ...
A stuck mainsail, a stuck anchor and a ruined GoPro trying to film it all. Can things get any worse for Bohemia's fearless crew? Well, yes they can!
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We had a really fun downwind sail with our friends Julian and Colin on Boundless, getting some great snaps and footage of each other sailing at close quarters, until things started to get a little too close for comfort!
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Despite a maintenance 'hiccup' discovered by the First Mate, we continued our glorious sail from Panama's San Blas to Shelter Bay, where two very special packages awaited us...
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We wrapped up our short trip to the marina with some very sad goodbyes to our sailing buddies, as we set out on our journey to Colombia!
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This episode joins Bohemia's fearless crew healing like crazy, trying to fight their way out of Colón, Panama on their journey to Colombia. Luckily, the best First Mate in the business (TM) just loves to sail upwind! Ha ha.
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