Position Report: November 28 2009

On the night of the 26th we passed the Columbian city of Categena and continued a further 150 miles to the stunning San Blas Islands. Reminiscent of the Tuamotu’s, the first set of Cays (the Hollandaise Cays) are fantastically beautiful. We transited the easily...

Position Report: November 26 2009

We left Rodedero Beach off Santa Marta at 01:30 this morning, aiming to cross the mouth of the Rio Magdelena at first light. This was to allow us to see any debris that the river was spewing out. Unexpected calm winds had us motoring all night, and with a broken...

Photos: Santa Marta, Columbia

Another unintended stop. Weather and heavy winds made us pull in a day earlier than we had hoped. Excellent idea in retrospect. [flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157623125177336″]

Position Report: November 21 2009

Wow, what a night. Last night we had gusts of wind up to 40 knots, breaking seas and were rocketing along at up to 9 knots with just a scrap of headsail and main. We got a weather forecast that showed the winds off the coast of Columbia were increasing over the next...