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  • 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 – Santa Catlaina Harbor, Isla Providencia – Columbia…..

    AIRMAIL YOTREPS
    IDENT: N6ABC
    TIME: 2016/01/06 17:10
    LATITUDE: 13-22.86N
    LONGITUDE: 081-22.52W
    MARINE: NO
    WIND_SPEED: 12
    WIND_DIR: ENE
    CLOUDS: 30%
    VISIBILITY: 15
    BARO: 1028.1
    TREND: 1
    AIR_TEMP: 31.7C
    COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Santa Catalina Harbor, Isla Providencia – Columbia

    A delicious sail for the last 20 hours – indeed a delight. Close reaching, comfortable seas.
    We had a few \”breakages\” and \”fix-it\’s\” along the way, but what else is new? After all it\’s a boat!

    We\’ll need a new dinghy start battery which hopefully a motorcycle one will suffice? We\’ll write all about
    \”stuff\” in the next Ship\’s Blog.

    In the meanwhile, the island looks very much like a small \”Maupiti\” in the leewards of French Polynesia.
    Our agent, \”Mr. Bush\” (no, not that Mr. Bush) is famous amongst the Western Caribbean cruising crowd and we\’ll get to meet
    him later today.
    Cheers,
    Scott and Nikki – safe harbor – Santa Catalina Harbor, Providencia – Columbia – 275 miles North of the Panama Canal.

  • 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

     

  • POSITION REPORT – Beach House – En Route – Isla Gunaja, Honduras to Isla Providencia, Columbia…..

    AIRMAIL YOTREPS
    IDENT: N6ABC
    TIME: 2016/01/05 05:49
    LATITUDE: 16-04.11N
    LONGITUDE: 084-04.86W
    COURSE: 107T
    SPEED: 7.8
    MARINE: YES
    WIND_SPEED: 9
    WIND_DIR: WNW
    WAVE_HT: 0.2M
    SWELL_DIR: E
    SWELL_HT: 1.0M
    SWELL_PER: 6
    CLOUDS: 30%
    VISIBILITY: 10
    BARO: 1026.5
    TREND: 1
    AIR_TEMP: 27.8C
    COMMENT: Beach House – En Route – Isla Providencia, Columbia

    We had our first sail of the season today which lasted about 8 hours and are just entering the large shallow bank off the NE corner of Honduras which extends down to Nicaragua.
    It\’s a bit intimidating to see \”shallow water\” on the depth sounder in the middle of the pitch black night.
    As the charts are good, we\’ll be at our first waypoint, Cayo Vivarillos just after first light. If all is well, we\’ll
    proceed for another 30 hours or so to Isla Providencia. The trip has been good so far and hopefully we\’ll be completely around
    Punta Gracias Adios (Thank God Point) by late tomorrow afternoon.
    Motoring at Midnight…
    KIT,
    Scott and Nikki

  • POSITION REPORT – Beach House – Guanaja Island, Bay of Islands, Honduras

    AIRMAIL YOTREPS
    IDENT: N6ABC
    TIME: 2016/01/04 00:00
    LATITUDE: 16-27.35N
    LONGITUDE: 085-52.17W
    COMMENT: Beach House – Beach House – ANCHORED – Gunaja Island, Honduras – Bay of Islands

    The weather window is a bit interesting. If we\’d continued on, we would have been motoring into light to moderate NEasterlies.
    By waiting here, we should have a good Westerly push as the Arctic Cold Front arrives. This should get us most of the way to the
    Vivirilos Cays. If we get there fast, we may move on, if not, we\’ll anchor in this very remote area 50 miles or so off the Nicaraguan Coast.

    Some chores to do before we\’re off, a good nights sleep and on we go!
    KIT,
    Scott and Nikki – Guanaja Island, Bay of Islands, Honduras.

  • POSITION REPORT – Beach House – En Route – Guatemala to Isla Providencia, Columbia…..

    AIRMAIL YOTREPS
    IDENT: N6ABC
    TIME: 2016/01/03 14:09
    LATITUDE: 16-11.89N
    LONGITUDE: 086-57.33W
    COURSE: 086T
    SPEED: 6.8
    MARINE: YES
    WIND_SPEED: 7
    WIND_DIR: ENE
    WAVE_HT: 0.7M
    WAVE_PER: 6
    SWELL_DIR: E
    SWELL_HT: 0.7M
    SWELL_PER: 6
    CLOUDS: 20%
    VISIBILITY: 15
    BARO: 1027.6
    AIR_TEMP: 28.3C
    SEA_TEMP: 26.7C
    COMMENT: Beach House – En Route – Isla Providencia, Columbia

    Dear Group! (The Island of Utila in site to our south)
    First, we had electronics issues and had to return to RAM Marina on the 1st. We left RAM after getting
    it fixed at 10:30 a.m., did the 4 hour motor to Livingston down the Rio Dulce and then checked out.
    We departed Livingston over the river bank (which gets down to 4 feet deep!) and we were off. The weather
    seemed favorable, but we had a lousy first night doing the \”Utila Bounce\” as it\’s known around here.

    Things have settled and we have a very complex weather window. We have about 5-8 hours to make a final decision, but
    I suspect we\’ll press on to get around Punta Gracias Adios (more on that later).
    Isla Providencia is actually owned by Columbia, but about 300 miles NORTH of mainland Columbia. Once there and settled,
    a few days to the San Blas Islands of Panama should be an easier trip.
    As this one is going, we\’d be to Providencia on the 5th or 6th.

    I can\’t miss the opportunity to note that today would have been Cindy\’s 56th birthday and yesterday, my Mom\’s 79th…
    The Universe proceeds, with or without us.
    Hugs to you all.
    Nikki has been tough, it\’s been an uncomfortable first night.
    Scott with now sleeping Nikk

  • POSITION REPORT – Beach House -"Gringo Bay\”……

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2016/01/01 04:17
    LATITUDE: 15-45.49N
    LONGITUDE: 088-50.06W
    MARINE: NO
    WIND_SPEED: 4
    WIND_DIR: ESE
    CLOUDS: 50%
    VISIBILITY: 5
    BARO: 1027.6
    AIR_TEMP: 26.7C
    COMMENT: Beach House -DOCKED – Peter & Laurie\’s house in Gringo Bay…..

    Were tied up to sister ship \”Zia\” here in what we are calling \”Gringo Bay\”.
    Jennifer\’s Bay is to our West and Texan Bay to our East. Nice dinner out, a bit of
    very \”local\” fireworks. We\’ll be here till at least the 2nd. Weather is starting to look favorable
    to move East, but may be wet and squally in a front.
    Stand by,
    Cheers and Happy New Years,
    Scott and Nikki

  • POSITION REPORT – Beach House -"Gringo Bay\”……

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2016/01/01 04:17
    LATITUDE: 15-45.49N
    LONGITUDE: 088-50.06W
    MARINE: NO
    WIND_SPEED: 4
    WIND_DIR: ESE
    CLOUDS: 50%
    VISIBILITY: 5
    BARO: 1027.6
    AIR_TEMP: 26.7C
    COMMENT: Beach House -DOCKED – Peter & Laurie\’s house in Gringo Bay…..

    Were tied up to sister ship \”Zia\” here in what we are calling \”Gringo Bay\”.
    Jennifer\’s Bay is to our West and Texan Bay to our East. Nice dinner out, a bit of
    very \”local\” fireworks. We\’ll be here till at least the 2nd. Weather is starting to look favorable
    to move East, but may be wet and squally in a front.
    Stand by,
    Cheers and Happy New Years,
    Scott and Nikki

  • POSITION REPORT – Beach House – Rio Dulce, Guatemala…..

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2015/12/31 18:34
    LATITUDE: 15-39.37N
    LONGITUDE: 088-59.63W
    MARINE: NO
    WIND_SPEED: 4
    WIND_DIR: ENE
    CLOUDS: 40%
    VISIBILITY: 10
    BARO: 1025.6
    AIR_TEMP: 33.9C
    COMMENT: Beach House – DOCKED – RAM Marina – ready to depart this afternoon to begin the 2016 season – Frontera, Guatemala

    Hello F&F who are on our position report – direct!
    If you do not want to be on this frequent a report, please let us know by emailing us.
    We will be sailing till the end of next year back to Australia via the Panama Canal.

    USE: WDB5638 (at) Sailmail.com to reply (DO NOT REPLY TO THIS ADDRESS AS I CHECK IT INFREQUENTLY!!!)

    Almost off the dock! Lots to catch up on. Looking to depart Guatemala in about 2-4 days with the next weather window.
    KIT,

    Scott and Nikki

  • POSITION REPORT – Livingston, Guatemala – Awaiting check in…..

    AIRMAIL YOTREPS
    IDENT: N6ABC
    TIME: 2015/04/29 14:00
    LATITUDE: 15-49.33N
    LONGITUDE: 088-44.91W
    MARINE: YES
    WIND_SPEED: 4
    WIND_DIR: N
    SWELL_DIR: E
    SWELL_HT: 0.1M
    CLOUDS: 85%
    VISIBILITY: 6
    BARO: 1008.1
    AIR_TEMP: 29.4C
    SEA_TEMP: 21.7C
    COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED – Livingston, Guatemala – Awating check in…..

    We\’re back! The weather wouldn\’t allow us enough time to get to Panama via Provedencia and the San Blas Islands, so we\’ve turned around
    and will stay back at RAM Marina in the Rio Dulce for the Hurricane Season. We must be off to LA soon for Skye\’s wedding…..

    The trip started nice enough with the first break in the weather we\’ve seen in 5 WEEKS! Almost exactly at mid-night, the winds came out of the WEST at
    22-30 knots. We had 4 pretty miserable hours, banging right into it. Once we got within about 8 miles, the seas flattened out.

    I\’ll do an end of season report when we get settled at RAM Marina which is yet another 20 miles inland along the Rio Dulce.
    Awaiting Raul to assist us with checking back into Guatemala…
    Stand By!
    Scott and Nikki