- Follow the carrot.
9th March 2024 02 05S 89 48W – 08 27S 100 13W On Blackpool beach vendors do a roaring trade by offering donkey rides. As one can imagine these donkeys are often not very willing participants in this enterprise and need coaxing along. Vendors (in Iain’s mind) have found the best way to coax them … Read more - Kindness, generosity and selflessness.
3rd March 2024 00 00S 087 29W – 02 05S 89 48W The sailing community is small, caring, generous and selfless. In all our miles and years of cruising we have found this after being given rare Raymarine spares in times of need (thanks Honey Ryder) to clothing cast offs (thanks Serafina, Sauvage, Dina2) to … Read more - Decisions, decisions.
1st March 2024 03_01 Playa Grande, Isla San Hose, Isla Pearlas, Panama – 00 00S 087 29W As a child you agonised over difficult decisions all the time. Would you have peas or beans with your fish fingers? Who was cooler, Luke Skywalker or Hans Solo? Is the Rally chopperor the Grifter the wheels to … Read more - Finally.
24th February 2024 Isla Chapera, Las Pearlas, Panama – Playa Grande, Isla San Hose, Isla Pearlas, Panama via Playita, Panama We’re finally coming to the end of prepping for the Pacific and we have finally done the final things. - Ruffian Rally Rescue Rendezvous.
7th February 2024 Isla Ampon (West), Las Perlas, Panama – Las Brisas, Panama via Isla Contadora & Isla Ampon (East), Las Pearlas, Panama We’re not big fans of boating rallies, but there is one rally we are fans of. The Ruffin Rally and for the fist time since Bonaire the Ruffian Rally with Sauvage was … Read more - Escaping the inferno.
29th January 2024 Las Brisas, Panama – Isla Ampon (West), Las Perlas, Panama via Isla Taboga, Isla Contadora & Isla Chapera While Panama city is burning and making international news we head off to find fresh air and clean water. - Dr Who and his protective Tardis.
21st January 2024 Rio Sucio (East), Darien River, Panama – Las Brisas, Panama Dr Who zips about through different worlds and time in his Tardis. The Tardis also has remarkable properties that it is small but has limitless storage capabilities, it highly functional while providing comfort for the Dr and his trusty companion and wards … Read more - Filling in voids.
13th January 2024 Isla Iguanita, Rio Darien, Panama – Rio Sucia (East), Darian River, Panama via La Palma, Islas Bellas, Rio Iglesia & Rio Sucia (West), Darian River, Panama What drove Cook to sail to Australia? Why did Scott wander across the bleak Antarctic to the south pole? How did Zheng He persuade his fleet … Read more - Pearls in the Perlas?
6th January 2024 Las Brisas De Amador, Panama – Isla Iguanita, Rio Darien, Panama via Isla Chapera & Isla Cañas, Las Perlas, Panama Sometimes the name of a destination tells you everything you need to know about it. Guatemala is full of guacamole, Cayman is full is Caymans, and on Bikini you’ll always find people … Read more - Transport.
1st January 2024 Las Brisas De Amador, Panama Most famous cities have their own favoured form of transport. Amsterdam is built around the bike, in New York the car reigns supreme and in Venice the only way to get around is by boat*. We were in a big new city and we had to find … Read more
