On the move again
Simanderal
Michael Hughes and Ger White
Tue 2 Mar 2010 13:08
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Well, after far to much time spent anchored off
Panama City, we're on the move again--starting with a gentle 40 mile sail
yesterday down to the Las Perlas islands. Currently anchored in splendid
isolation and calm off Isla Bayoneta. Not yet decided if we stay in the islands
for another night or head off today on the 1000 mile trip to galapagos--but if
we don't go today, for sure we have to go tomorrow. It's early in the
morning--we've been up since 0630--and the birds are singing--it's good to be
out of the city.
Spent a couple of hours yesterday, after we
anchored, cleaning the bottom of the boat--I wasn't going to do it in
Panama City, the water's filthy--quite a lot of Panama City muck and some
crustacean activity, but the stuff I put on the prop in Trini is still
keeping it clean. We now have a lovely clean bottom for a long
sail.
The tsunami warning, after the Chile earthquake,
gave us a bit of excitement--the anchorage quickly emptied out as everyone
headed for deep water--we all drifted around for a couple of hours until about
an hour after the predicted time of arrival of the tsunami in Panama City--they
can predict pretty accurately when it will strike--but it was not to be--no
wave--not even a ripple! so we all headed back in and re-anchored.
Time to get on with some weather forecasting and
passage planning. So, au revoir.
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