Pacific Cruise 2010-11
 

January Pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back in Cartagena assessing a jammed sheave/halyard before leaving for Panama

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fortunately a hammer and a screw driver freed the jammed haylard. Wished Mike Pilkington
had been around. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Small world department...new owners of John Douglass's.. (Newburyport/Merri-Mar/AYC).. Aventura.
Aventura, now Galivant, wished us well on our way to the San Blas. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aridup, our first anchorage in the San Blas after our passage from Cartagena. ROLLY. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our first view of a Kuna ulu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stretching our legs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Aridup resident

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking toward the Panama mainland from Aridup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shango and neighbor, Crazy Daisy, behind Aridup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Panama mainland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snug Harbor....sounded less rolly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aureliano, friendly Kuna fisherman/vendor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A little under canvased

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snug Harbor sunset

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aureliano hard at work

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amy hard at work too

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The nearby Kuna village of Playon Chico

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shango behind Mamaraga at Snug Harbor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our next stop, the island of  El Tigre. Amy with Molas and their makers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Main Street El Tigre

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Most every house had a solar panel for their 12 volt needs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking toward shore from our El Tigre anchorage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sabudupored, our next anchorage. Several wonderful days here by ourselves behind the sandbar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leaving Sabudupored for Coco Bandero Cays. Our first clear sky view of the mainland in almost a week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passing Green Island. Many more cruisers as we head into the most popular sections of the San Blas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coco Bandero Cays. Very pretty spot. This 4 mile long reef provides protection for these small offshore islands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Always terribly sobering when you see a boat washed up on a reef. You can only imagine the events leading to the tragedy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our anchorage at Coco Bandero looking out toward the reef.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As always, a Kuna working the shallows.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coco Bandero was beautiful, but also the first anchorage where we had any significant company.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We dinghied over to a nearby island for some beachcoming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

View back to our Coco Bandero anchorage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beachcombing success

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After almost a  month our "fresh vegetables" were coming from cans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The scenery from our cockpit each night made up for the lack of veggies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another reef anchorage in the Central Hollandes and another tragedy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

......And another at Chichame

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chichame also had a recent sailboat grounding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chichame was our last San Blas anchorage so Amy was very careful getting through the reef

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chichame.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last view like this till we get to the Las Perlas Islands on the Pacific side of the canal in 3-4 weeks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shango reaching down the coast toward Portobello

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mile after mile of empty shores

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reminded us of the north shore of the Dominican Republic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portobello. All the South American gold and silver left here for Spain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second level of the protecting fort.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Morgan was already here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off to nearest ATM for cash.....one hour bus ride from Portobello.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Busy spot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back in Portobello with cash in time for soccer game and pre game prayer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This fellow scored the winning goal

 

 

 

 

 

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