Wenn I arrived with the first group of people at the island Salardup, 2 of the Kuna friends showed up immediately. It was a very warm and friendly welcome. I felt being back again. However, only 2 were on the island. The others are gone to somewhere but are supposed to return tomorrow. As a…

After a breakfast where everyone graped some food, we need the hook and left the anchorage of the Chichime Cays. With an apparent wind from 70 deg PRT, we set sails and had a very relaxed sail to the Naguargandup islands. A place which I call a favorite one and I want to explore it…

Today some of us swam over to the island and some used the tender. We decided to walk around the island. The path around was about half of the way just the sandy beach and later on it was a beaten, sandy track between plants covering the soil and under palm trees. There are 4…

Around 1700 we dropped the hook into sandy ground at 10 m, let about 55 m of rode follow, and are safely anchored between the the Chichime Cays. The ones who got seasick recovered very quickly and had a first swim. It was a long and bumpy ride. The good thing was that the wind…

We just tacked and are running for the 3rd time towards N. Actually it’s a bit W of N. ETA at Chichime Cays is about 1700. During the day, the 8 year old Aur was interesting to watch. With lifevest and harness and being hooked up to Tim she sat in bow pulpit and enjoyed…

Just when I wrote the date, i remembered what day is today. Merry Christmas for all! But I have that the friends also prepared something for today. It will be brought out when we are at anchor at the Chichime Cays. Currently we are sailing with 6 – 8+ KN STW at 40 – 50…

Yesterday afternoon very special friends arrived. 2 of them i saw last time maybe in spring 2019, the other 7 – 8 years ago. I had small problems to understand that they are really in Linton Bay Marina and then on board of MaRe. We worked pretty hard to get MaRe ready to cast lines…

Today’s wind is a bit challenging. The swell built up to level 3 , still short wavelength but we’ll above 2 m rollers are coming towards MaRe. She takes them easily. Swell and wind come from around 110 deg. ETA in LBM before 1200.

Since we set sails this morning we still can run with the genoa and the main on PRT side. Only a bit AWA adjustment was needed. And the wind vane settings needed adjustment as well. Thanks, dear Poseidon for adjusting the wind so much to our needs. On a longer distance them today i would…

Looks like we have a stable wind from NE to ENE throughout the day. Sailing currently with an AWA of 90 deg STB under main and genoa in a safe distance west of the Chichime Cays. Course 305 deg. The shipwreck N of the Chichime Cays is a good visible reminder that reefs are treacherous.…