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As expected we had nice wind about 20 knots. But is slowly decreased and our speed is dropping. We are steering a bit higher to keep more pressure in the sails and keep ...

We made a lot of progress today. This morning our speed was 8 knots and because the wind shifted a bit we where sailing down wind. We have the course for this so we took ...

After two days beating agains the wind we saw that something came loose from the mast. But to lift someone up the mast with three meter high waves is not a good idea so we...

This morning we started with repairing the fishing rot. The reel was broken because you couldn’t hear anymore when you caught a fish. New parts arrived and we could start ...

As expected the wind started to shift slowly. We shift with the wind and we are now going in the right direction, but the wind has not shifted enough to call it ...

In Bahia de Las Minas we got new stores and bunkers, and captains changed again: Gerben is on his way home and Maarten is back on board after a short holiday in the ...

The Indians of the Kuna tribe inhabit the islands we saw. They live –out of necessity- simple lives. Fish is their main source of nutrition and there were a few palm, ...

Captain Gerben reports:
“Of course the inhabitants of the islands saw us arrive and not long after canoes came alongside. Women and children who wanted to sell their ...

The Gulf of San Blas is quite big with hundreds of islands, reefs and ten thousands rocks that are right at the surface. In between there are ‘channels’ that we can sail ...