Our Dingy is dying

I hate our dingy. Our dingy is dying a slow and terrible death. Our dingy has a 5 year “holds air” warranty but it has only been three years. Our dingy needs to be pumped up every 3 hours to stop it sinking. Our dingy is our only lifeline to shore most of...

Position Report: January 17 2010

Escape. We finally escaped the confines of Santa Catalina, an incredible surfing spot and fun town, to find out what Panama looked like before the trees were chopped down, the roads built and the native animals killed. Isla Coiba is a UNESCO protected nature...

What I Thought I Knew

For those of you out there who attended our presentations in Vancouver and Victoria this fall, you may remember me admitting to not fully understanding the driving forces behind the trade-winds and global currents until being some 1000 miles south west of Mexico, in...

Position Report: January 8 2010

Isla Cebaco For the past few days its just been Rob (of Livity Fame) and I (Hugh) anchored off a spectacular beach on the south coast of Isla Cebaco. It is about as remote as you can get in the part of Panama, maybe even on the west coast of Central America… And...

Position Report: January 1 2010

Anchored in Isla Santa Catalina, Panama. Happy New Year all! Just got back from another session at the point at Santa Catalina; too bad everybody else in Panama did too! Yikes, what a crowd. Well, despite the crowds, Rob, Robb, Tammy and I did manage to pick off a few...