Once we exited the Panama Canal, we did not stop on the Panama Pacific coast but continued on towards the Galapagos. Pretty soon, we realized that we had developed some engine problems with overheating and oil leaking from the front…
Panama Canal Transit
After finishing all preparations and resupplying our vessel, we were ready to ‘conquer’ the Panama Canal with an intention to head to the Galapagos Islands after that. We enrolled the help of Emmanuel Agencies S.A., the most renowned and highly…
…once again, back to Shelter Bay.
By the end of January 2023, we were back in Shelter Bay Marina and starting our preparation for the Panama Canal transit in earnest. New batteries were installed and most other repairs were performed. We’d done several grocery runs to…
Christmas 2022
At the end of November 2022, we left Panama via a short New York stay for our yearly Christmas celebration in Warsaw. On our way back to Panama, enjoying New York’s places, exhibitions, and restaurants.
…back to Shelter Bay…
On September 1st, 2022, we got back to Shelter Bay Marina at Colón, Panama. We returned to torrential rain and the boat invaded by ants, dead batteries, and a leaky superstructure! We now had to wait until March 2023,…
Bilbao and San Sebastian food tour
In early August 2022 while we were still in Warsaw, our daughter Eva flew in from New York to join us. On August 13th, the three of us flew to Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain where…
Shelter Bay Marina, Colón, Panama… and some more
On May 8, 2022 we left Bocas del Toro for a short one day passage to Colón which is an important Panamanian seaport town at the Atlantic entrance of the Panama Canal. There’s also a boatyard and a marina located…
Take Five!
Well, it is not a proverbial ‘take five’ break. However, a break it is! We left our vessel in Panama until February of 2022. First, we planned to come to Dallas, TX. We left our marina in the early morning…
Bocas del Toro
.Bocas del Toro is located on Isla Colon in the west part of Panama’s Atlantic coast. It is separated from the mainland by Bahia Almirante. By those two facts, the place is really remote and has a feel of being…
Another year, another hurricane season escape!
On April 4th, with the 2021 hurricane season approaching, my wife and I left Dallas for Freeport, Grand Bahamas to join our Super Maramu which was sitting there on the hard. We had to transport quite a large amount of…