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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Major Milestones for Tahina
Several major milestones have happened for the Tahina Expedition in the last 24 hours. First a quick summary of both the good news and bad. The good news: We have new two new crew joining us all the way to … Continue reading
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Canal Transit Trial Run
This weekend I was invited to be temporary crew on s/v Songline – a Lagoon 410 catamaran from Australia – by Phil and his wife Kristina. This was a great opportunity to go through a canal transit and learn what … Continue reading
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Update on Plans and Canal Transit
We are enjoying our time here in Shelter Bay Marina. The facilities are nice, they have excellent showers, a pool, restaurant/bar, WIFI (that mostly works), and lots of interesting boats in and out every day. See the photo here of … Continue reading
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Passage of San Blas To Colón in Panama
We left Chichime Cays in San Blas on Sunday morning in light airs and started motor-sailing our way to Isla Grande – about half-way to Colón. We wanted to break up the 80 nautical mile trip into two days. We … Continue reading
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Chichime Cays in San Blas
On Saturday, we finally moved from West Holandes Cays. It was a beautiful clear day – with hardly any wind. So, we just motored out. We headed north first a bit to run into deep waters so we could run … Continue reading
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360 Panoramas from San Blas
The last day we were in the West Holandes Cays was a beautiful clear day. So clear we could clearly see the range of mountains on the mainland 15 miles away. It was a perfect day finally to shoot some … Continue reading
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Our Map of San Blas
Map data and satellite photos are very sparse for the San Blas area – even in Google Earth. We have created a KML file from our GPS tracks (taken while we explored the islands), hand drawn maps of some of … Continue reading
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West Holandes Cays
Our favorite location in San Blas was the West Holandes Cays. We anchored near the two western-most islands which are called Acuakargana and Waisaladup by the Kuna indians. There is a narrow passage between the two islands to the northern … Continue reading
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Underwater Photos San Blas
We tried snorkeling in each of the places we visited in the San Blas. There are reportedly 365 islands in the San Blas archipelagos – one for each day of the year. We only visited a few of them. We … Continue reading
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First Batch of Photos from San Blas
I’ve added a bunch of photos and a 360 panorama from the first few days in San Blas to the post about our “fun day” there last Monday. There is also a gallery of photos taken while we were using … Continue reading
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