Monthly Archives: February 2010

As daylight increased yesterday we saw that our position in the channel between the islands was about the choppiest (unlike the previous evening) so we made a quick decision to shift the boat a little further to the north. This … Continue reading →

We set off at dawn yesterday for our sail to Isla Jicaron. We found the wind to be blowing around 12 knots from the north east so to arrive before sunset we broke out the code zero and were soon … Continue reading →

Shortly after my last blog we picked up some unexpected winds out of the south west. I think it was a result of the air curling over the mountains to our north. This allowed us to press on west sailing … Continue reading →

It turned out that where we had anchored was not the best place we’d anchored. As we reached low tide, rocks appeared between us and the beach, well within swing range should the wind change. John and I went into … Continue reading →

We set off fairly early from Rio Cacique in very light winds. The forecast had said 15-20 knots which would have made for fine sailing. It was possible the land was sheltering us and as we had no incentive to … Continue reading →