Category Archives: Passage

Time spent between destinations travelling on the water.

Welcome to Panama City, Panama

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Continued from yesterday… At 0400, we approached the anchorage for the large boats coming from/going to the Panama Canal. We could have done circles for two hours until dawn broke, but since the ships were not moving, were lit, and all had AIS, we were confident that we could navigate safely. 

Even though there was plenty of space for us to navigate between the vessels, we still felt quite close to the monstrous ships that we passed. 

A couple small pangas came really close to us during the twilight approach to the marina. At one point dinghy zoomed across our the bow so close that it made our hearts skip a beat. Here is a photo looking back at the large vessel anchorage as dawn broke.

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Passage from Puerto Chiapas to Panama City – Days 6 – 7.25

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Thursday, January 9 — It was another ominously grey day with light wind. The lack of wind made it very hot outside, so we again ran the AC. There was very little wind chop, but the swell had increased in the wee hours of the morning to 3 – 6 feet from our port side at relatively fast intervals, so it was a bit rolly. In the late morning/early afternoon, we went through a pass between two islands, which gave us a little reprieve from the swells.

The conditions varied throughout the afternoon and evening, but overall, conditions were pretty good. Eric saw some dolphins and Keith saw a turtle. And, we saw lots of birds.

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Passage from Puerto Chiapas to Panama City – Days 3 – 5

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Sunrise on January 6, 2024

in the morning, the swells were about 4 feet and coming from two different directions: on the nose and on the starboard right quarter, so we were both hobby-horsing and lurching. The intervals between the swells had increased, too, adding to the discomfort. The good news was that the wind was light at about 4-knots, so wind waves were small. 

It was miserably hot again, so we ran the AC for most of the day to help minimize the discomfort.  We had a pod of dolphins come to play for a while. Christi saw a turtle.

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Passage from Puerto Chiapas to Panama City – Days 1 – 2

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Dawn on Saturday, January 4

We were up early and had Kosmos ready for sea by the time the authorities arrived at 0830. We’d thought it would only be a dog and handler doing a last-minute inspection to make sure we weren’t smuggling anything out. However, a team of four people plus one dog arrived. 

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Keith’s Perspective on Leaving Barra, the Passage from Barra to Chiapas, and Arriving in Chiapas/ Le point de vue de Keith sur le départ de Barra, le passage de Barra au Chiapas et l’arrivée au Chiapas

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This week wasn’t very exciting, but a lot happened. Saturday we went to the pool, and then we went to dinner. The restaurant had just two things that weren’t fish, but dad ordered me breaded shrimp. It was ok, but I wanted chicken. When we were waiting for the food, a bird stared at me. It was creepy. After that we left for Chiapas.

Cette semaine n’a pas été très excitante, mais il s’est passé beaucoup de choses. Samedi on est allé à la piscine, et après on est allé dîner. Le restaurant avait juste deux choses qui n’étaient pas du poisson, mais papa m’a commandé des crevette au pain. C’était ok, me je voulais du poulet. Quand on attendait pour la nourriture, un oiseau m’a fixé du regard. C’était flippant. Après ça nous sommes partis pour Chiapas. 

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