19
Oct
2022
Weathered a tropical depression, which quickly became tropical storm Julia after passing us and became hurricane force as it approached the coast of Nicaragua. Our friend Ryan, who...
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17
Oct
2022
Aruba, and in particular Oranjestad, wasn't really our scene. Catering mostly to huge cruise ships and tourists arriving by plane, it was expensive, very Americanized and the cultu...
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16
Oct
2022
Day 4 - Sunday, October 2nd
The morning of day 4 (day 4!!!) is beautiful. Yalçın is catching up on sleep below. I opened a few windows for some air flow inside. I watch Monsieur En...
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14
Oct
2022
Day 1 - Thursday, September, 29th 2o22: Departure day
Even though we only left at 3:30 in the afternoon, our departure day started way earlier. Let's just say that at 8 AM, we had ...
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12
Oct
2022
Looking back, I think we loved Colombia. People were friendly, helpful and curious in general. The historic town of Cartagena was marvelous of colors and history, the rest of the t...
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10
Oct
2022
After all this boatwork, and getting extremely burned out by the deck work, which involved very uncomfortable living conditions on Tire-Bouchon, we had decided to go on some land e...
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9
Oct
2022
Here you go for the glamor. Some say "cruising is just fixing boats in exotic locations", I let you make up your own mind...
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18
Sep
2022
August 10 - Day 1: Behind the gate
We had arrived in Manzanillo Marina Club, Cartagena, early in the morning, literally exhausted by our trip from Panama and in particular the last...
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22
Aug
2022
Monday, August 8th 2o22
1:00PM: Official time of departure
1:05PM: I send the departure message on the Garmin sat phone while Yalçın manually retrieves the anchor. Our windlass has...
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