This morning we had a leisurely start. Getting up was almost at 8 for Kas and me. Then we had breakfast and lifted the anchor only thereafter. At my anchor i have, beside the normal 10 mm chain, anchor rope which is attached to the anchor that a stuck anchor can be lifted with this…

Yesterday we spent walking the islands of Naguachirdup and Kagandup. Naguachirdup is San island already prepared for tourist. Their is an all-in package: USD 265.- pickup at Panama City int Airport (PTY), transport to the island, 2 nights, and 3 meals included. Freshwater for showers comes from a well, pumped up into a tank about…

Today, we sailed with engines in almost only glassy sea to Puerto di Carti. About Puerto di Carti I need to say that there are several dwellings with the same name. I identified one place using Google maps. The structure I saw in Google Maps matched with what I saw in the Navionics map. That…

During the sail to Rio Sadres, the sea is completely flat. Wind waves of 1 and no swell at all. Quite some dugouts are to be seen with men fishing. They are quiet distant from the next island. However they should be able to read the clouds and return in time. On the other side…

The guna guys from Saladup told us that we can get the most important food (bread, fruits, etc.) in Rio Sadres. Thus, we are heading towards that little island town and see what’s possible. It’s only 10 NM from our anchorage and a third is done already. If we cannot get what we need, I…

After a small lunch, Ste and I went swimming. I used fins, mask and snorkel; Ste without anything. A quick check of the anchor and we headed towards the island when Ste just went on land a bit before me. When I arrived, I younger guy approached and worth my “fluent” Spanish we just had…

… sunny waters … Between the islands of the San Blas archipelago. Since around midnight we have a north-easterly wind of 4 Bft blowing. My SuperWind generator created almost all the power we consumed board during the night. After breakfast, MaRe was cleared up for departure and at 0915 we lifted the hook and went…

When we were at Irpin’s place yesterday, Ste ordered a dinner for 4 for today 1700. But before the dinner we went to Turtle island, also called BBQ island, the most NE island of the San Blas archipelago. When we were asked to pay 3 USD per person on top of a drink, which we…

After magnificent sunrise behind the clouds, followed by sunlight through holes in the clouds, the weather decided that there’s too much water in the sky, and opened the valves to let it pour down. The surface being mottled with millions of rain drops hitting it, creating drops jumping up from the surface, and creating the…

Around 1630 we took the tender across to Banedup, the bigger island on the other side. A group of men at the beach, were very friendly and helpful. They advice is to put our tender onto the sandy beach weather they stood.. This was good, because just before the sandy beach was a little drop-off…