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We started work on the boat in earnest on our return from the Galapagos . Baringo was on the hard for a few more days and we stayed in a nearby hotel in La Libertad , adequate but not luxurious … Continue reading →

We left Hong Kong on 30th May after teaching the medical students at Chinese university since mid- January. It was a good opportunity to learn about living on land again and catching up with friends and not least refreshing the … Continue reading →

We stayed in Panama for a few days preparing for our journey and as usual a few unexpected problems to solve .We still had to get the second fridge fixed Edgar the fridge expert had been working on it since … Continue reading →

We moved into  the Flamenco Marina the morning after the transit although we had to wait until mid-day for the rain to stop. The marina  is situated on Flamenco island which is now at the end of a causeway from … Continue reading →

Jeremy departed for Panama City in the afternoon of the day we arrived , so good timing for him. Almost immediately he had left our agent for the canal transit arrived to go through the necessary processes. Some yachts  do … Continue reading →

The first night at sea after leaving Santa Marta was as stormy as it threatened, so we used the  radar to try  and dodge the squalls  but the lightening was all around us . We avoided most of the rain … Continue reading →

We had a pleasantly uneventful sail from Aruba to Santa Marta, Colombia. The usual   downwind passage with a combination  of the  big jenny poled out ,twin headsails and the main alone  and occasionally the iron sail .We tried to arrange … Continue reading →

We sailed at dawn from Santa Cruz Bay Curacao. Sadly we had discovered that the generator did not work the night before so here was  our first  problem to be solved in Aruba .We thought it was probably a blocked … Continue reading →

We set sail for Curacao the next island on our route westward through the Dutch Antilles, famed for the blue liqueur sold all over the world. The only name in these three islands with which we were at all familiar … Continue reading →

We left Grenada on Monday 1st July later in the day than intended as the immigration was not on seat on Monday morning .This actually proved to be to our advantage as we arrived in Bonaire at dawn and if … Continue reading →