Ship’s Blog

Panama Canal Transit – Ship\’s Blog and Photo Gallery…..

This Ship’s Blog will be a little different. We’ll let the photos and captions tell the story…… After a new set of batteries and working out the final teething issues (we hope) – We’ll be off to the Las Perlas Islands of Panama on the 22nd of March. Shortly thereafter, off to the mysterious island […]

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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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Isla Providencia, Columbia…..

January 9th, 2016 (-5 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, FIRST A HOUSEKEEPING NOTE: Apparently I\’ve been inadvertently sending all my position reports to you all and that may be a bit overwhelming in terms of how many blog/notices you\’re getting. I\’ll turn that off so you\’ll only get the more infrequent blogs like this

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Beach House – We\’re Off!, Part 3……

January 5th, 2016 (-5 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family (yes, midnight has just arrived as I write!) Happy Birthday Laurie Robertson, wherever you may be! I last left you in 22 knots of wind, sailing West toward \”PGA\” having departed the island of Guanaja in the Bay of Islands, Honduras. We had a lovely

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Beach House – We\’re Off!, Part 2……

January 4th, 2016 (-5 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, I last left you hanging with the description of the elements needed for a \”weather window\” to get from the Rio Dulce of Guatemala around \”Punta Gracias Adios\” (Thank God Point). We did indeed escape the Rio Dulce, the last hurdle being the very shallow

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Beach House – We\’re Off!, Part 1……

January 4th, 2016 (-5 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, A whole lots happened since we wrote you just the other day. First, we went to visit friends Peter and Laurie of Switch 51, \”Zia\” and were hoping to have a relaxing New Years Day! Not to be. We leisurely started doing the last minute

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Happy New Year from "Beach House" – Rio Dulce, Guatemala…..

December 31st, 2015 (-6 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family! Well, it\’s been a long time since we last checked in with you and this one will be brief. We have had the boat in Guatemala since June and have done EXTENSIVE work aboard \”Beach House\”. We\’ve also been to Skye and Sean\’s Wedding in

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