Depart Panama day 1
Zepher
Chris & Lyn Darch
Mon 5 May 2008 12:21
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06:53.52N
79:42.09W
Hi Folks,
Departed Las Perlas at 12o/c yesterday , little
wind at first but by midnight we had a steady 7 to 12 knts , Rob and myself
were on watch when we hoisted the pole and put up our light airs gennicker , we
spurted ahead from a lowly 4 knts to 7 knts.
Its been a quiet start to the trip as we were
recovering from a few glasses of the red stuff the night before , we met a
great French and Brazilian couple with two kids who are first timers across
the oceans like ourselves , its always good to swap ideas and info on places to
visit .
We spoke to Ike who has arrived in the
Galapogus islands on the SSb raidio , were given good info on what to do and
were to go to , the information that is available on web sites we have found to
be misleading or completely wrong , whoever writes so of this stuff should
have a large pole up there jacksey as lots of yachties look at these sites for
current info on arrival procedures , the info provided was very dodgy , as
people are goin to ports and are being
turned away and set back up wind !
A grumpy veg man
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