2015 March Positions

POSITION REPORT- Fantasy Island, Roatan, Bay of Islands – Honduras

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/03/26 23:00 LATITUDE: 16-21.44N LONGITUDE: 086-26.31W COMMENT: Beach House – DOCKED – Fantasy Island, Roatan, Bay of Islands – Honduras We decided to move on as the weather would be reasonably cooperative and Roatan is the big deal island of this group. Still pretty bumpy out there and the wind …

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Position Report – Isla Utila, Bay of Islands – Honduras

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/03/25 17:10 LATITUDE: 16-05.66N LONGITUDE: 086-53.86W COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Isla Utila, Bay of Islands – Honduras We had a lovely almost week in the Rio Dulce, highlighted by our visit from Carmina who drove in from Guatemala City. With Carmina and the crew of \”Windward\”, we rented …

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Position Report – Rio Dulce-Frontera, Guatemala…..

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/03/18 18:04 LATITUDE: 15-39.37N LONGITUDE: 088-59.64W COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Rio Dulce – RAM Marina, Frontera, Guatemala We had a nice anchor spot in the river mouth last night and it was fascinating watching all the various fishing boats come and go. Mostly, really small ones. The trip …

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Position Report – Rio Dulce – Livingstone, Guatemala…..

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/03/18 00:04 LATITUDE: 15-48.81N LONGITUDE: 088-45.39W COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Rio Dulce – Livingston, Guatemala We departed Placencia, Belize at about 8 am and motored in little wind directly south to the mouth of the Rio Dulce (Sweet Water River). This is another tricky entry as there is …

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Position Report – Placencia, Belize

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/03/15 21:04 LATITUDE: 16-30.58N LONGITUDE: 088-21.88W COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Placencia, Belize We had another breezy night at Glover Reef and during the day, we did one dive. We departed this morning and had a lovely sail to the Gladden Spit. The Spit is a big entrance to …

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Position Report – Southwest Cays, Glover Reef – Belize…..

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/03/13 20:41 LATITUDE: 16-43.24N LONGITUDE: 087-50.85W COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Southwest Cays, Glover Reef – Belize Well, this for me is an unfortunate day of remembrance as it was 4 years ago today I lost Cindy. Yesterday, while diving (first two dives in a year!), I found myself …

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Position Report – Blue Hole, Lighthosue Reef – Belize

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/03/11 18:36 LATITUDE: 17-19.08N LONGITUDE: 087-32.21W COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Blue Hole, Lighthouse Reef – Belize We decided to make the 9-10 mile trip up to the Blue Hole and invited Lisette and Dennis from s/v \”Windward\” to come along for their first catamaran ride..:-) This is the …

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Position Report – Long Cay, Lighthosue Reef – Belize

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/03/09 17:55 LATITUDE: 17-12.71N LONGITUDE: 087-35.98W COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Long Cay, Lighthouse Reef – Belize We had a big squall with about 30 knots just before we left Turneffe this morning. We tried to see if we could go ashore to the lodge and use the restaurant/bar, …

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Position Report – Turneffe Reef, Belize

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/03/08 19:51 LATITUDE: 17-10.47N LONGITUDE: 087-53.77W COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Turneffe Reef,(Turneffe Reef Lodge) – Belize We took advantage of a light wind day to get east which is normally against the trade winds here. It was so light, we motored most of the way. For all you …

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Position Reoprt – Cay Caulker with a SEA STORY!….

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/03/06 19:43 LATITUDE: 17-44.79N LONGITUDE: 088-01.80W COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Cay Caulker – Belize We read in a cruising guide of ours…\”Avoid the Pinot Grigiot\”. That means, watch the color of the water to see the real shallow spots. The problem is, all of the Bahamas and Belize …

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