2016 Jan Blog

Mini Update & Position Report – Beach House Moored – Toboga Island, Panama….

TIME: 2016/03/12 22:34 LATITUDE: 08-47.62N LONGITUDE: 079-32.97W COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Toboga Island – Panama… A bit of breeze, clean water, but also a bit rollier than advertised. We may need to replace all our house batteries. We\’ll have a load test done on Monday and see. Good news is that new AGM …

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Beach House Anchored – La Playita, Flamenco Island, Panama

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/03/08 23:33 LATITUDE: 08-54.60N LONGITUDE: 079-31.66W COURSE: 094T SPEED: 1.0 COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – La Playita, Flamenco Ilsland – Panama…Pacific Ocean! Thanks to everyone who wrote saying they watched us go through the Miraflores Locks and got screen shots! Please if you have them, send to: [email protected] This …

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Beach House to enter Miraflores Locks at 2:15 p.m. US EAST COAST TIME, 11:15 a.m. US West Coast Time…..

March 8th, 2016 (-5 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We will be entering the Miraflores Locks at approximately 2:15 p.m. US EAST COAST TIME or 11:15 a.m. US WEST COAST TIME. We are scheduled to exit 50 minutes after we enter. You should be able to see us on one of two cameras and …

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Beach House readies for the first set of Panama Canal Locks to the Pacific……

March 7th, 2016 (-5 on UTC) We\’re on US East Coast time…. We\’ll be beginning our transit of the Panama Canal this evening around 7 pm US East Coast Time. To possibly see us in \”real time\”, go to the following link: http://www.kroooz-cams.com/portcams/so_america/gatun1.php We\’ll try and send a last minute blog to refine the time …

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Panama Canal – Caribbean Side – Colon, Panama – Shelter Bay Marina…..

January 15th – March 2nd, 2016 (-5 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We left Portobelo in the rain and squalls for the short journey to the north entrance of the Panama Canal. As we were only 17 miles away, we started seeing AIS targets on our chart plotter immediately – eventually counting up to …

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Charles F. Hathaway Long Distance Cruising Award…..

January 11th, 2016 (-5 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, I was very pleased to wake up the other day and receive an email that I have been awarded the \”Charles F. Hathaway Long Distance Cruising Trophy\” for 2015 from the California Yacht Club in Marina del Rey, California. The Charles F Hathaway Long Distance …

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Portobello, Panama…..

January 14th, 2016   (-5 on UTC) Dear F&F, We wish we had more time and not so many boat teething issues, as clearly staying in the San Blas Islands would be good for the soul! With all the various little problems discovered in our 1000 mile (can you believe it?) shakedown cruise and no water …

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