We passed through 10 degrees north a little while ago and are now within 600 miles of the equator (and about 30 miles from our destination of Bocas del Toro, Panama).
Still motorsailing, though we did get to do some pure sailing most of the day yesterday. The breeze died to about 8 knots in the afternoon and we opted to turn on the engine rather than slopping around out here for days.
We still have all the sails up, and they are giving a significant speed boost, even though the wind is only about 5 knots now.
It was a lovely quiet night, light winds, calm seas, and clear skies. We had half a moon for half the night (on my watch).
It was so quiet that I brought my computer out in the cockpit and worked on a program to export my waypoints and routes from Nobeltec's Visual Navigation Suite (our chart program) to an Excel format. This makes it much easier to share waypoints with other people who do not use Nobeltec as their navigation program.
Our ETA at the outer waypoint is now about 11am, so we should be in and anchored somewhere in Bocas del Toroa a few hours after that. We have decided to go see 'Camryka Land', in an inner bay in the Bocas del Toro area. Dave's friends on s/v Camryka have built a house there, so we'll hang out there with them tomorrow and go do the official check-in with the Panamanian officials on Monday.
toooooooo cool - dying to hear first hand about your adventures in Bocas del Toro - At one time I was seriously considering moving there - got several books - biggest deterent is 165 inches of rain a year and the mosquitos - they love me - I hate them - still supposed to be a very unique place - pix pour favor - gracias -
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