2016 – Guatemala to Panama to Australia Voyage – Positions

Position Report – Beach House Moored, Gatun Lake, Panama……

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/03/08 01:00 LATITUDE: 09-15.66N LONGITUDE: 079-54.17W COURSE: 094T SPEED: 1.0 COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Gatun Lake, Panama… Wow! What an experience. We were the center vessel with two monohulls tied both to our port and starboard. The 55 foot Tayana \”Freewheel\” and the 46 foot Ocean \”Kristiana\” from …

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Position Report – Beach House AWAITING Panama Canal Advisor……

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/03/07 19:23 LATITUDE: 09-22.14N LONGITUDE: 079-56.97W COMMENT: Beach House – AWAITING – Panama Canal Advisor We\’re getting excited and we\’ll depart for the \”flats\” anchorage to await our advisor shortly. We will transit the first set of locks into Gatun Lake this evening around 7pm US EAST COAST TIME. To …

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POSITION REPORT – Beach House – Shelter Bay Marina, North end of the Panama Canal….

TIME: 2016/01/15 21:10 LATITUDE: 09-22.08N LONGITUDE: 079-57.08W COMMENT: Beach House – DOCKED – Shelter Bay Marina, North entrance to the Panama Canal….. We arrived from Portobelo in the rain. Shelter Bay will be our home for about 4-6 weeks while we fix all the teething issues and get ready to cross the Pacific to Australia! …

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POSITION REPORT – Beach House – Portobello, Panama…..

TIME: 2016/01/14 21:53 LATITUDE: 09-33.46N LONGITUDE: 079-39.56W COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Portobelo, Panama….. The home of the Pirates of the Caribbean. Much of the Gold and Silver that made it\’s way to Europe, passed through here. Sir Francis Drake was buried at sea, just outside this beautiful natural harbor. We\’ll do a bit …

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POSITION REPORT – Beach House – ANCHORED – San Blas Islands, Coco Banderos Cays, Panama….

TIME: 2016/01/13 18:37 LATITUDE: 09-31.13N LONGITUDE: 078-38.86W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 12 WIND_DIR: NE CLOUDS: 50% VISIBILITY: 12 BARO: 1025.1 TREND: 1 AIR_TEMP: 31.7C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – San Blas Islands – Coco Banderos Cays, Panama Reminds us of the Southern Grenadines in the Eastern Caribbean. A bit crowded don\’t ya\’ know!

POSITION REPORT – Beach House – Anchored Isla Povenier, San Blas – Panama

TIME: 2016/01/12 12:25 LATITUDE: 09-33.38N LONGITUDE: 078-56.81W COURSE: 146T SPEED: 8.0 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 12 WIND_DIR: N CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1024.1 TREND: 1 AIR_TEMP: 28.3C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Isla Povenier, San Blas Islands, Panama  

POSITION REPORT – Beach House – Santa Catlaina Harbor, Isla Providencia – Columbia…..

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/01/06 17:10 LATITUDE: 13-22.86N LONGITUDE: 081-22.52W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 12 WIND_DIR: ENE CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1028.1 TREND: 1 AIR_TEMP: 31.7C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Santa Catalina Harbor, Isla Providencia – Columbia A delicious sail for the last 20 hours – indeed a delight. Close reaching, comfortable …

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POSITION REPORT – Beach House – ABEAM – Punta Gracias Adios!…..

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/01/05 22:53 LATITUDE: 15-12.76N LONGITUDE: 082-17.13W COURSE: 150T SPEED: 6.7 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 12 WIND_DIR: 057T WAVE_HT: 0.2M WAVE_PER: 6 SWELL_DIR: E SWELL_HT: 1.0M SWELL_PER: 6 CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1025.7 TREND: 1 AIR_TEMP: 30.0C COMMENT: Beach House – ABEAM – Punta Gracias Adios – (Thank God Point!)…. We …

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POSITION REPORT – Beach House – En Route – Isla Gunaja, Honduras to Isla Providencia, Columbia…..

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/01/05 05:49 LATITUDE: 16-04.11N LONGITUDE: 084-04.86W COURSE: 107T SPEED: 7.8 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 9 WIND_DIR: WNW WAVE_HT: 0.2M SWELL_DIR: E SWELL_HT: 1.0M SWELL_PER: 6 CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1026.5 TREND: 1 AIR_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House – En Route – Isla Providencia, Columbia We had our first sail of …

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POSITION REPORT – Beach House – Guanaja Island, Bay of Islands, Honduras

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/01/04 00:00 LATITUDE: 16-27.35N LONGITUDE: 085-52.17W COMMENT: Beach House – Beach House – ANCHORED – Gunaja Island, Honduras – Bay of Islands The weather window is a bit interesting. If we\’d continued on, we would have been motoring into light to moderate NEasterlies. By waiting here, we should have a …

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