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Category: 2016 Jan Positions

  • POSITION REPORT – Beach House – Shelter Bay Marina, North end of the Panama Canal….

    TIME: 2016/01/15 21:10
    LATITUDE: 09-22.08N
    LONGITUDE: 079-57.08W
    COMMENT: Beach House – DOCKED – Shelter Bay Marina, North entrance to the Panama Canal…..

    We arrived from Portobelo in the rain. Shelter Bay will be our home for about 4-6 weeks while we fix all the
    teething issues and get ready to cross the Pacific to Australia!

    Friends Mike and Beth Lonnes will join us for the 24 hour transit of the canal! (It only takes about 6 hours, but we stay
    in Gatun Lake overnight as all the small boats do.

    Stand by, blogs soon.
    Scott and Nikki

  • POSITION REPORT – Beach House – Portobello, Panama…..

    TIME: 2016/01/14 21:53
    LATITUDE: 09-33.46N
    LONGITUDE: 079-39.56W
    COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Portobelo, Panama…..

    The home of the Pirates of the Caribbean. Much of the Gold and Silver that made it\’s way to Europe, passed through here.
    Sir Francis Drake was buried at sea, just outside this beautiful natural harbor.

    We\’ll do a bit of exploring the old Spanish Forts and check out the earthy local scene.

  • POSITION REPORT – Beach House – ANCHORED – San Blas Islands, Coco Banderos Cays, Panama….

    TIME: 2016/01/13 18:37
    LATITUDE: 09-31.13N
    LONGITUDE: 078-38.86W
    MARINE: NO
    WIND_SPEED: 12
    WIND_DIR: NE
    CLOUDS: 50%
    VISIBILITY: 12
    BARO: 1025.1
    TREND: 1
    AIR_TEMP: 31.7C
    COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – San Blas Islands – Coco Banderos Cays, Panama

    Reminds us of the Southern Grenadines in the Eastern Caribbean. A bit crowded don\’t ya\’ know!

  • POSITION REPORT – Beach House – Anchored Isla Povenier, San Blas – Panama

    TIME: 2016/01/12 12:25
    LATITUDE: 09-33.38N
    LONGITUDE: 078-56.81W
    COURSE: 146T
    SPEED: 8.0
    MARINE: NO
    WIND_SPEED: 12
    WIND_DIR: N
    CLOUDS: 70%
    VISIBILITY: 10
    BARO: 1024.1
    TREND: 1
    AIR_TEMP: 28.3C
    COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Isla Povenier, San Blas Islands, Panama

     

  • POSITION REPORT – Beach House – Providencia to San Blas, Panama…..

    AIRMAIL YOTREPS
    IDENT: N6ABC
    TIME: 2016/01/11 11:32
    LATITUDE: 11-28.47N
    LONGITUDE: 079-58.57W
    COURSE: 140T
    SPEED: 6.8
    MARINE: YES
    WIND_SPEED: 12
    WIND_DIR: NE
    WAVE_HT: 0.2M
    WAVE_PER: 6
    SWELL_DIR: E
    SWELL_HT: 1.5M
    SWELL_PER: 6
    CLOUDS: 30%
    VISIBILITY: 15
    BARO: 1025.1
    TREND: 1
    AIR_TEMP: 27.8C
    COMMENT: Beach House – EN Route – Isla Providencia to San Blas Islands, Panama

    HOUSE KEEPING NOTE:
    As yet, Ken our web guru hasn\’t had time to figure out how to send only the \”Ship\’s Blog\” to the website for general distribution.
    The original purpose of sending this mini blog along with the \”Ship\’s Position Reports\” was to give those interested the more detailed look inside the voyage and for some of you to always know where we are for safety.

    What I\’m going to to for now, is NOT post these directly to the site to avoid overloading those who just want the \”Ship\’s Blog\”. They will still be picked up by Ship Trak and Yotreps and our position Icon will be seen on the top tab of the website under \”Track Me\”.
    We\’re still having a bit of an issue with the \”Winlink\” tracking system, but expect to have that bug out before we leave Panama.
    When I get to the next \”internet cafe\”, I\’ll post them directly and they will not be resent to you via FaceBook or Email.

    ***BTW, all the funny numbers and brackets you see in the subject line above tell me how to post this to what sections automatically via remote email. Just ignore it

    Mini Update:
    We left Providencia yesterday morning after having left the day before! The winds were not right, so we turned around and waited a day enjoying a leisurely motor inside the reef back to Santa Catalina Harbor.

    We motored the first 6 hours of our 265 nm trip to the SEast toward San Blas. This puts us a bit into the sea and not as comfy as we\’d like,
    but the sea is fairly calm and the winds on the beam, so not too bad. We\’re about 1/2 way now and expect landfall on the morning of the
    12th (tomorrow). Our one (of 3) charging sources is working to keep the house batteries up – thank goodness for triple redundancy.
    I\’ll keep this one short and let you all know when we\’re anchored up tomorrow.

    Starting to see lots of Panama Canal traffic. The radar and AIS (automatic identification system) equipment are more than helpful!
    KIT,
    Scott and Nikki

     

  • POSITION REPORT – Beach House – ABEAM – Punta Gracias Adios!…..

    AIRMAIL YOTREPS
    IDENT: N6ABC
    TIME: 2016/01/05 22:53
    LATITUDE: 15-12.76N
    LONGITUDE: 082-17.13W
    COURSE: 150T
    SPEED: 6.7
    MARINE: YES
    WIND_SPEED: 12
    WIND_DIR: 057T
    WAVE_HT: 0.2M
    WAVE_PER: 6
    SWELL_DIR: E
    SWELL_HT: 1.0M
    SWELL_PER: 6
    CLOUDS: 30%
    VISIBILITY: 15
    BARO: 1025.7
    TREND: 1
    AIR_TEMP: 30.0C
    COMMENT: Beach House – ABEAM – Punta Gracias Adios – (Thank God Point!)….

    We are now around the edge of the funnel! The day has been pleasant and the seas calm.
    We have just cleared our \”danger waypoint\” that now has us free of reefs.
    We have been sailing for about 2 hours and are hopeful we\’ll be able to the last 115 miles.
    We hope to anchor around noon on Wednesday, the 6th.

    Lovely sailing conditions with beam winds from the port side (NE) at 11-15 knots.
    KIT, Next report from Santa Catalina Harbor, Providencia – Columbia!
    Scott and Nikki