Patea

14m 2009 Beneteau First 45

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Posted: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 - 13:10

We welcomed back our good friends on Spacgrazer today, who just got through the canal, and have 3 kids between 7 and 9 on board. These three have been Izzies besties whilst we were stuck in Shelter

Posted: Wed, 20 May 2020 - 12:00

We have mooched around the Las Perlas Islands now for almost a month, so I thought I'd better get some photos up - enjoy!

Posted: Tue, 12 May 2020 - 20:30

After a couple of nights sitting on a mooring ball outside the Balboa Yacht Club, watching the constant stream to enormous shipping steaming by 100m away, we hoisted our sails for the first time in

Posted: Sun, 10 May 2020 - 08:45

After a surprisingly exhausting 10 hour transit, we are through the Mira Flores locks, and into the Pacific! Finally we can run for NZ if we need or want to – very exciting! We did spring a very

Posted: Sun, 10 May 2020 - 01:19

Once out of the locks, our raft of three boats dropped our lines and proceeded on in single file, overtaking the ship that was in front of us. 4 hours should have us through to the next lock system

Posted: Sat, 9 May 2020 - 21:11

An early start, with our Canal Advisor Carolina joining us at 430am. With Covid in force, all the usual yacht advisors have no work, instead pilots-in-training are being used. Carolina is one of two

Posted: Sat, 9 May 2020 - 00:22

10 weeks after arriving into Shelter Bay with a plan to spend 3 weeks doing work on the boat before transiting the canal, and oh how things have changed! COVID brought a new perspective to our

Posted: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 - 16:38

Hello Panama! Feels like quite the milestone to get here, we are now very very close to the Pacific :) Patea is getting a birthday and there are lots of kids here so the next two weeks will be busy

Posted: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 - 06:18

After a very brief 2 night stop in Curacao we are off again, Panama bound! Will let you know when we arrive in 5-6 days xx

Posted: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 - 13:58

We stuck around Los Roques, Venezuela, little longer than planned, a bit of boat fixing, a bit more sightseeing and ticked off the long awaited Frozen II movie! We are now on the road westward, and

Posted: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 - 07:24

A day hop across to Aves de Sotovento to make our jump to Bonaire tomorrow a little shorter. Mainly a stop for a sleep only but the local coastguard and other officials still wanted to see us

Posted: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 - 07:15

After a fun morning exploring the mangroves by dinghy and spotting hundreds of booby chicks hanging out peacefully in the trees, we up anchored and tucked in between two small reef islands for a

Posted: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 - 07:13

Fun day fishing whilst transiting between Cayo de Aqua and Aves de Barlovento today – a billfish came and smashed one of the closer lures and immediately spat the lure, then spent the next 5 minutes

Posted: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 - 07:07

Gannet breeding colonies galore at Elbert Key!! Izzie was mesmerised by the various stages of white fluffy cute birds, from newly hatched to fledging, and all were chill enough to allow us to

Posted: Sat, 8 Feb 2020 - 17:00

A quick stop in Dos Mosquises for a quick visit to a turtle rescue and ongrowing facility – particuarly for Izzie who got to hold a baby turtle – the smile was enormous!! As those of you who have

Posted: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 - 17:00

A lazy day (for Kath, at least!) celebrating her birthday – scrambled fresh Gran Roque eggs with a dash of cheese, on lightly toasted slices of fresh-baked bread, followed by coffee and a snorkel :)

Posted: Wed, 5 Feb 2020 - 05:00

With the weather (temporarily) abated, we headed west again, to the island of Noronqui, in the northern part of the Los Roques archipelago. We enjoyed some lovely snorkelling, and for the first time

Posted: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 - 17:00

With the weather (temporarily) abated, we headed west again, to the island of Noronqui, in the northern part of the Los Roques archipelago. We enjoyed some lovely snorkelling, and for the first time

Posted: Sun, 2 Feb 2020 - 07:18

A beautiful anchorage surrounded by golden sand beaches and lovely coral pools with plenty of fish. We stayed here for a couple of days while some strong wind passed through, snorkelling, swimming

Posted: Sat, 1 Feb 2020 - 07:11

Catchup posts from a few months back for our records :) We've arrived in Los Roques!

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