This was a four-day sail.  We had not done any four-day sails except with additional crew.  We were a bit … More

We hope to be making a big jump.  We intend to head back to the USA before the start of … More

We volunteered to be line handlers on a friends’ boat that was heading from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific … More

We are back in Shelter Bay.  Not all our time is going to be spent at the pool and the … More

Our trip back to Shelter Bay would be a 20-hour overnight sail.  We cut a few hours off the planned … More

We left the sandy Starfish Beach and headed back to Red Frog to anchor for a couple of nights before … More

Or as it’s also known, Starfish Beach.  This is the first sandy beach we have found or visited within the … More

We have been very lucky to be able to experience this type of lifestyle, and we are on our third … More

We left Playa Azul Sunday right after breakfast.  It was raining, again.  It seems to rain a lot in Panamá, … More

We left Bluefield on a windy morning after spending an hour trying to figure out why our Speed/Wind/Depth/GPS instruments were … More

There are two destinations on this side of Panamá, the San Blas Islands and Bocas del Toro.  Some folks go … More

We completed some boat maintenance and hopefully fixed our steering – there was a popping noise.  Maybe it’s gone.  Hard … More

Shelter Bay is one of those ‘gotta go’ places in the cruising world, particularly since it sits at the Eastern … More

More exciting times in Shelter Bay. The project list includes finding and fixing the noise in the steering, dealing with … More

We’d been dock-bound in Shelter Bay for a couple of weeks.  We needed to get out and explore this little … More

As a diversion from our early morning routine, we went on a walk in the woods in search of monkeys. … More

We are enjoying our stay in Shelter Bay. We really were not planning to be here a month. It’s probably … More

The Transit The whole canal transit is about 45 miles and should take 10 to 12 hours.   We will start … More

I guess we zipped through the Pacific side of Central America pretty fast. We met one cruising couple who spent … More