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We have really enjoyed our stay in Grand Cayman Island and for the last several days have had Julie’s brother and sister-in-law onboard. As soon as we can we will get underway today for New Orleans. This will be a 5-day 890 mile trip and sho…

We spent the day cleaning the inside and outside of the boat. Tomorrow Beth and Trahy Hurst arrive for a few days to play and enjoy the island.
Friday night, we had dinner at the Wharf restaurant and we were seated next to theTarpon feeding …

We have been on the island now for close to a week and are really enjoying it. We have gone to the beach, drove around the island (did I tell you that they drive on the other side of the road), went on a submarine trip, went out on a snorkel…

We had a great trip North to the Islands. The first 3 days the weather was pretty darn nice, the last day was really choppy – but okay (Julie may not agree).
 On day 2 a US Navy Warship pulled up within a mile of us and hailed us …

We have a weather window and will depart Panama at 5pm today. Glenn Trumbower (USN Retired) says that we should leave today based on his weather analysis and we are ready. (A special thank you to Glenn for his weather analysis and provi…

I thought I would recap the canal transit using both the pictures we took as well as the picture that was taken in Texas for us.
Departure from Flamenco marina: we were up at 5am and had everything ready when the line handlers showed up at …

We are tied up to a mooring buoy just outside the Gaton locks. It took us a little over 3 hours to cross the Gaton lake and get to the buoy. We are now scheduled to pick up a new pilot at 1:30 tomorrow afternoon. We are trying to move this u…

We are scheduled to be at the lock at 9:20 am central US time.

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Note: I lost my blackberry in the ocean this morning and have been having withdrawals ever since. If you need to call us, call Julie’s cell.
I am sitting in an ice cream shop close to the marina where I have finally found good internet. I tr…

For the first few days that we were in Panama, we toured the city and realized how nice it is here. The city looks like Miami (except cleaner) from the marina and our new backyard.
We started by visiting the Miraflores Locks museum that was…