Voyages

BEACH HOUSE UPDATE – WE ARE INSIDE THE MIRA FLORES LOCKS FOR THE NEXT30 minutes!….

Miraflores: http://www.kroooz-cams.com/portcams/so_america/miraflores1.phpj By request they have aimed the camera right at us! SMILE…:-) Beach House

BEACH HOUSE UPDATE – WE ARE INSIDE THE MIRA FLORES LOCKS FOR THE NEXT30 minutes!…. Read More »

BEACH HOUSE UPDATE – Miraflores approximately 2:50 pm US EAST COAST TIME….. 11:50 US WEST COAST TIME…..

Miraflores: http://www.kroooz-cams.com/portcams/so_america/miraflores1.php See you then!…:-) Beach House

BEACH HOUSE UPDATE – Miraflores approximately 2:50 pm US EAST COAST TIME….. 11:50 US WEST COAST TIME….. Read More »

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

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

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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Beach House – Going Through the Gatun Locks Very Shortly….to see us…read on!

March 7th, 2016 (-5 UTC) Dear F&F! We\’ll be entering the Locks at around 6pm US EAST COAST TIME, 3PM US WEST COAST TIME Following the bulk Carrier \”Chemico Minneapolis\”…. Here we go! KIT, Scott, Nikki, Mike and Beth

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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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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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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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