There’s a certain amount of Déjà Vu as I begin by saying that my plan for 2025 is to sail across the Pacific Ocean, and the first step is to leave Rio Dulce to sail south to Panama. The feature […]
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This post should be “Panama 2024” but sailing passage plans are “written in the sand only to be washed away by the sea”. With incredibly short notice, Raul at Servimar in …
The short passage out of Belize waters to Ranguana Caye was good. Once through the Belize Barrier Reef I shortened both sails in 17 knot northerly wind and headed east …
I arrived in Placencia late on 28 December 2023 to be able to enjoy the New Year celebrations with cruising friends, which we decided to have in the Barefoot bar …
I arrived at the sea buoy marking the entrance across the sand bar at the mouth of the Rio Dulce at 13:25. The earliest of four different High Water times …
On leaving the anchorage on Tres Puntas I had already conditioned my mind to motoring the 100nm passage to Utila in the Bay Islands of Honduras, as the weather is …
I hadn’t planned to still be in Guatemala in January 2023 which just proves that sailing plans are written in the sand to be washed away by the rising tide. This …
I had high hopes of sailing from Belize to Guatemala but it would always be difficult with a maximum 4 knots of wind! There is a sand bar across the entrance …
The passage from Isla Mujeres south to Belize was tough. For some or all of the time I experienced strong winds, adverse currents and big surfing seas, and as I …
Happy New Year! The Header Photograph is the sunrise taken from Coco Beach on Isla Mujeres on New Years Day. My January 2022 number one priority is to complete the forestay repair …
