Even though I have only been in the Galapagos a little over a week, the beauty and abundance of life here is astounding. The sheer number of animals here is like nothing I have seen anywhere else. Just waking up…
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Panama to Galapogos Passage
Panama to San Cristobal, Galapagos, 840 nm, 5 days, 6 humans By Guest Bloggers – Beth Bushey and Elouise Reiff Beth is Renee’s sister, who enjoyed some occasional day sailing and decided to take the leap to the blue waters…
“Pansit” – our experience
For our transit, or “Pans-it” (Panama transit) as we have come to call it, we started in Shelter Bay Marina which is just outside of locks. The Panama Canal is a big operation transporting over 180,000 boats since its opening…
Feb 2 UPDATE – Through the Panama Canal
Feb 2, 2020 UPDATE – We made it through the locks to the Pacific Ocean yesterday. Here’s a time lapse video montage of our transit through the Caribbean side locks: Jan 31, 2020: Pansit (Panama Transit) Day In Brexit fashion,…
ABC’s – Bonaire, Curacao and Aruba
After our holiday extravaganza through the Grenadine’s, we spent a little time regrouping in Bonaire. Bonaire is not overdeveloped with high rises everywhere like some of the Caribbean, but does have good restaurants, provisions and shops available. Since the seventies,…
5 Ways We Know You’re from the Caribbean
The European life was a fun and interesting with many big cities and castles. In a way, the Caribbean still feels European because some of the Caribbean islands are controlled by Europe or were controlled by Europe. For instance, in…
Caribbean Holiday – St. Lucia to Bonaire
We had 9 souls aboard Verbena for the holidays! The Kohn family (Stephanie, Dave, Caleb (12) and Elio(10)) and Vera’s friend Ruby Flaherty joined from Boston for the winter break. We started with a win in Rodney Bay! At the…
Atlantic 2019 – Chained to the wheel
16 days and 3045 nautical miles after setting off with the ARC Rally from Las Palmas we crossed the finish line at St. Lucia. All of us were relieved to have completed this difficult passage. We were anticipating a long…
Off to the Carib
We are off today for the St. Lucia. It is a festive scene here with music, goodbye’s and good drama watching boats all get off the dock at the same time. The departing forecast calls for us to take a…
Atlantic Prep
Before we knew it, the Atlantic Crossing – 3,000 nm over 2 to 3 weeks – is upon us. Since arriving in the Canaries we toured Lanzarote and Fuerteventura by land and sea and then headed off to Las Palmas…