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 […]
Portobello, Panama….. Read More »
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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January 14th, 2016 (-5 on UTC) Dear Friends & Family, We last left you in Isla Providencia, Columbia as we were about to set sail for the San Blas Islands of Panama. No matter how we timed our departure, it would be a two day, two night sail to Isla Povenier in San Blas. The
San Blas Islands, Panama – The land of the Guna Yala….. Read More »
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!
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
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AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/01/11 11:32 LATITUDE: 11-28.47N LONGITUDE: 079-58.57W COURSE: 140T SPEED: 6.8 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 12 WIND_DIR: NE WAVE_HT: 0.2M WAVE_PER: 6 SWELL_DIR: E SWELL_HT: 1.5M SWELL_PER: 6 CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1025.1 TREND: 1 AIR_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House – EN Route – Isla Providencia to San Blas Islands, Panama
POSITION REPORT – Beach House – Providencia to San Blas, Panama….. Read More »
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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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
POSITION REPORT – Beach House – Santa Catlaina Harbor, Isla Providencia – Columbia….. Read More »
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
POSITION REPORT – Beach House – ABEAM – Punta Gracias Adios!….. Read More »
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