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As our yard date got closer it was time to head to Portobello. We needed to do some hardware store runs and of course have one of Captan Jacks’ good burgers and catch up on some stories. Portobelo used to hold all of the gold for Spain on this side of the pond so it […]

It’s low season in San Blas so it’s time to spruce up the old girl. We are off to haul out at Shelter Bay in Colon, Panama. Our fist leg takes us to Linton, about 40 miles from San Blas. The sea state was about one and half meters with ten second swells. It looked […]

Sapzurro Colombia is one of those small, off the beaten path Colombian towns. Literally. You used to be able to fly into the neighboring town of Capurgana, but now the airport is shut down and its overgrown runway is being used to graze the only hard working thing in Colombia – donkeys…but that’s’ a whole other […]

It is the question everyone wants to ask and most have the manners not to…how can you afford to sail to exotic countries and lounge on beaches that should be on postcards year after year without working?  Everyone knows that the cruising life is all about sailing a little then relaxing in the hammock, reading […]

AirPanama 6-Seater Weighing the Luggage We love it when friends come to visit us down here in Paradise, especially when our friends come from cold places.  This past week we were lucky enough to have Frank (who we sailed around the world with on the Picton Castle), Suzanne and Alex come down to thaw out […]

What a cool island Utila is!  There is only one road that follows the waterfront.  Everything is off of that road, which is mostly dive shops, followed by bars, followed by restaurants!  The average age on Utila must be 25 and most are either backpacker/divers-to-be or dive professionals.  It was very easy to clear in […]

The passage from Mexico to Honduras was not without some excitement!  We left Cozumel and tried to head toward Honduras, but we had  a strong current right on our nose.  So, after not making much ground for a few hours, we decided to head toward mainland Mexico to escape the brunt of the current.  As […]

Harold and Nancy enjoying the sail We had a nice motor sail down to Cozumel.  The wind was blowing about 15 knots out of the east, so we had a nice beam reach.  We hugged the coast, and I mean HUGGED the coast in order to stay out of most of the current.  I’m pretty […]