Our plan was to relax for a few days once we reached the first river, but who can rest, when the leaking dinghy needs a patch, the zipper of the lazy bag (bag on the boom where the mainsail falls into and is stored inside) decides to tear off just when we’ve left the shops of Panama City, the new BBQ needs a mounting, the… Continue reading »
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2013
10
Mar
2013
07
Mar
Rio Cucunati
We sailed down to the Golfo de San Miguel the day before yesterday, spent a night at Isla Iguana inside the Golfo and then entered the Rio Cucunati on a rising tide. The Cucunati is a wide, mangrove fringed stream, there are lots of parrots (always flying in pairs, chatting loudly) and egrets around. This morning we’ve taken Pitufa further up, beyond the chart that… Continue reading »
2013
04
Mar
On our way again!
Yesterday we set sail again, exhausted with sore muscles, blisters and black and blue (who would have ever thought that shopping’d be the most strenuous part of the cruising life?), but excited to continue cruising. The weather forecast predicting strong winds for the next 3 days and we already had white caps in the anchorage, but we just wanted to get away from the filth… Continue reading »