Here is the raw footage from our Gopros and iPhones of the January 2021 Southbound (Caribbean to Pacific) transit of the Panama Canal. Includes some time lapses.
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In this episode we continue our seemingly never ending trek south. We decide to jump offshore from Ft. Pierce Inlet to West Palm to save time and avoid bridges on the ICW. We have a nice downwind sail utilizing our double headsails consisting of code zero ...
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...
Here is a time-lapse of our Southbound Transit of the Panama Canal in our 40' Bavaria sailboat in January 2021. 3 locks up 85 ft to Lake Gatun from the Caribbean, 28 nautical miles across the canal, and 85 ft down into the Pacific. It's not a continuous v...
After spending the evening in Lake Gatun, a new advisor arrives the next morning to take us the remainder of the transit south to the Pacific Ocean through the Pedro Miguel and Miraflores Locks!
Barrett Young & PJ Kelliher thanks for the GoPros, they ...
For our 2 day southbound transit of the Panama Canal (1 day for northbound) After being told by the Canal Authority to anchor in "The Flats" at noon, we waited over 4 hours until our advisor came aboard and directed us to the canal. We tied onto a tug so w...
Our friend Diana comes down to help us cross the canal as a line handler, but before we cross the canal we do some site seeing! First we check out the old Spanish Fort San Lorenzo built in the late 1500’s on the Chagres River about 8 miles from Colon. Th...
In this episode get towed in to Beaufort, SC after our overnight offshore sail from Charleston. We do a lot of the boat work ourselves and get ready to set sail once again!
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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 do a 2 day sail from San Andres Colombia to Panama to get ready for the Panama Canal crossing, find out we have a pretty cool feature on our autopilot, go over our Radar system and dodge a lot of container ships waiting to transit the canal! We test neg...
The second round of Panamanian beers we found in our local grocery store, we throw back Balboa Ice, Prima, Atlas Golden Light, and Atlas Lager beers in some cool locations with special guest Diana.
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Legally in Colombia, we head out and explore the island of San Andres just in time for Christmas. We bid farewell to James to head back to the USA, and we spend Christmas Eve with a new friend that invited us to his local neighbor hood to show us who they ...
The first x3 of many Panamanian beers we (Alan & Kruger) found in our local grocery store, we throw back Soberana, Balboa, and Panama beers in some cool locations with special guest Diana, Nadia, and a furry primate friend!
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We arrived on the shores of Panama to see market stores lined with blue box and other "Made in the USA" stamped Mac boxes. Then we found Rey's Brand quickly bought 8 boxes not knowing how it'd taste. Purely based on the look of the picture!!!
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After 5 days at sea getting knocked around in large swells, we arrived to Providencia, Colombia. They had Hurricane IOTA rip through about a month prior and you could see the destruction as we motored into the harbor. After many attempts with an agent on l...
We are finally on the move again!!! It was good to get out of Mexico amid all the worries if countries would be open due to Covid. We were unable to get a solid answer if sea transit to Honduras was ok, so we decided to bite the bullet and take the 5 day j...
We review the Mac and Cheese box we saw the most in Mexico made by La Moderna. We saw a few other options for elbow noodles and a chipotle version, but this was the closest to what "Blue Box" would be in the states! Bone Apple Tea'
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November was full of Hurricanes in the western Carribbean, especially Hurricane IOTA passing over one of our next locations, Providencia, Colombia.
So we waited a few more weeks for the weather to pan out and started provisioning and prepping the boat for...
After failing to make it to Chichen Itza the previous week, we decide to head with Lala and Adam down to the Coba Mayan ruins west of Tulum. We had the place almost to ourselves getting there early, and it left enough time to drive to Valladolid, Mexico to...
With our friends still in town after the Halloween party, we head out with Moose, Sensei, Amara, and Katie to Chiczen Itza. They are the famed mayan ruins that are considered one of the New Seven Wonders of the world. Along the drive we get pulled over aft...
There is no denying how much the two of us love Macaroni & Cheese. We can't always make it from scratch on Full Send, so the boxed types have been our go to on our voyage around the world with Kraft "Blue Box" being our favorite since childhood. We did...
We dive into our first local liquor review with Aguardiente from Colombia!!!
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After pulling Full Send out of the Mangroves and back to our Anchorage, we head to Cancun for a few days at Patricios to relax and check out the damage on the mainland. We explore a Yucatan style taco Resturant, and check up on Patrico's Panga boat being b...
The first of our international beer and liquor reviews. We are in San Andres, Colombia over the Christmas holiday, and we get to sample some of the finest cervezas the island has to offer! Let us know what you think, and what you want to see more of!!!
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We are now back on the boat in the Sea of Cortez and the boat work, upgrades, organizing and cleaning begin before we untie the dock lines and set sail again.
Our trip back home in Colorado allowed to order parts and spares in preparation to upgrade the ...
After prepping Full Send all day on October 6th and securing her in the mangroves, we head to shore to wait for the storm to reach us. The eye passed only a few dozen miles south of us in Puerto Morales, so we got to see the brunt of the winds. Our goal th...
After coming out of Tropical Storm Gamma unscathed and only on one anchor 3 days earlier, we prepare Full Send for the wrath of Hurricane Delta that was estimated to be a Cat IV (ended up being a Cat II). We walk you through our thought process and what we...
WE Sail is back on our sailing catamaran after a great summer visit back to Colorado to see family and friends as well as work a bit to help bankroll our next cruising season!
We hit the road early and had an uneventful boarder crossing luckily, and were...
This episode was a hodgepodge of activities, including a rave at the Polo Club, street flooding in Isla Mujeres, assessing and working on our broken windless, getting our refrigerator evaporator welded and refilled with freon, partying at hotel belo, and g...
We head to our friends Polo Club in the middle of the Yucatan jungle for a day of horseback riding for an amazing experience. The grounds were absolutely amazing and had a pool with water fed by local cenotes! It was the perfect place to relax and kick bac...
We have our friends Alysha and Lindsey come visit and show them around the island for a few weeks. On one of our sails, we break the windless off the plate holding it in the anchor locker due to corrosion just in time to have Hurricane Marco and Laura pass...
With Kruger's buddy James' last couple of days we see more of Isla, clean the bottom the boat, and visit the Underwater Museum off the coast where James takes some time to Scuba dive to see the sculptures placed there between 2009-2013 in hopes of building...
The month of August continues with friends flying down during COVID to visit us and see the boat. We spend a good amount of time on the water showing everyone how to sail, and continuing to try local taco styles with Patricio around Cancun.
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We head back to Isla Mujeres after almost 3 weeks on the mainland in Cancun. We start to get a lay of the land checkin out local sites, restaurants, and meeting some pretty cool locals, as we wait for Central America to open up to US tourist. August rolls ...
In this episode, we go out on Patricio's boat with his brother Andres and Captain Mike to do a little offshore fishing. We spend the first part jigging in about 230-180 ft of water near the 12 nautical mile territorial limit off Isla Mujeres, and then Andr...
In this episode we head to Cancun with our good buddy Patricio to see the sights and let loose a little bit. A good swath of friends come down to visit while we are there as we wait for the rest of Central America to open up to Americans during the COVID-1...
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