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Monthly Archives: January 2014
The Death Defying Dinghy Dock
Come join the Flying Porter Family as we once again make the daring slippery spider-walk across maybe the worst dinghy dock we’ve ever come across! Now, it is not the worst – because there is a dock at least. Beach landings can be tricky if there are any waves. For Read On..
Howler Monkey Noises
The other day I posted about some Howler Monkeys and the noises they make. I never posted about these monkeys on Trinidad – not having good video or photos I suppose I lost them in the shuffle. This is a brief post to highlight a video we took while we Read On..
Through the Panama Canal – the Gripping Conclusion
Alarms went off early the morning of December 4th as we awoke to prepare for the arrival of a new canal adviser. We’d spent a quiet night tied up to the mooring buoy provided for us and were expecting, or rather hoping for, the arrival of our adviser a 6:00 Read On..
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Panama Canal…Continued
When last you tuned in (I hope) Evenstar was slipping towards the Panama Canal in the gloaming of the Panamanian twilight. With our lines ready to go and our adviser on board we are ready to make our passage to the Pacific. Well, sort of. Coming from North to South Read On..
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Panama Canal – Part One
Crossing the Panama Canal is one of those “Gotta See It” wonders of the world. Of course we’d read about the canal in history class and intellectually you “know” about it. But really getting an eyeful of this stunning engineering accomplishment is a bit humbling. To realize it was built Read On..
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Give Me Shelter
The Colón side (or ‘North’ side if that is your dubious preference) of the Panama Canal boasts only one marina – Shelter Bay Marina. Fortunately for people passing through the canal it’s actually a pretty nice place. It’s not cheap – but then there are very few places where to Read On..
Generator Blues
Long time readers may remember our adventures with our generator shortly after we set out cruising in the fall of 2012. Well, this is a lot worse. Back then I was considering setting the story into epic verse just to keep an overly technical post interesting. I’m thinking maybe this Read On..
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Apologies in Advance (and After the Fact)
Anyone that is linked to this blog or me by various social media I’d like to offer a brief apology for the blog’s hyperactive behavior. With the new blog location I can use a lot of more powerful features including things like linking automatically to social media automatically. This saves Read On..
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The East (North?) Side of Panama – Clearing In
Intellectually, when one crosses from the Caribbean (East) to the Pacific (West) you’d be traveling from East to West, don’t ya think? When you start reading about the Panama Canal though you hear about ‘Northbound’ and ‘Southbound’. Huh? View Larger Map Well if you look at a map of Panama Read On..
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So I Forgot About the Fish
One part of the Aruba to Panama trip I totally forgot to mention was the pestilential six foot long sail fish we caught. Sure, it’s a “Sport” fish…but guess what – I’m not looking for sport, I’m looking for dinner! When we make passages if it’s not too rough I Read On..
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