San Blas Islands, Panama

Sea Topaz
Duncan Briggs
Thu 19 Feb 2009 21:44
09.35.348 N 078.40.549 W
 
A lovely place to be on your 34th wedding anniversary. (If Duncan's mother had not sent us an email to congratulate us we would have forgotten).
After light winds the firsts few days of our passage, the winds did pick up. We had 37 knots during the fourth night with big waves. Not a lot of fun. We had to slow down so that we did not arrive at San Blas during the night.
We arrived at around 11 this morning. The weather is overcast so we do not see it at its best, but it was worth coming here. It is stunning, plenty of snorkeling options, if only we had more time. I am sorting out provisioning for 8 months in the Pacific and Duncan is servicing the winches.... cruising is working on your boat in nice places...
Curacao was great with family and our friends on Scorch (shame they delayed going through the canal by a year), but we have other friends to meet up with at the Panama Canal and then on to the Galapagos.
 
   
 
Duncan servicing the main winches                                "The Swimming Pool Anchorage"