Hi all,
It has taken about seven months of near full time work and a bundle of boat units to get SunShine and I ready to cast off. And that is what we are doing. Departure should be some time Tuesday.
After some consideration I have decided to sail due south, bumping just enough west to clear the Dry Tortugas at about 24*30N X 83*15W. Then its south again to the north of Cuba and we will shadow the coast around the west end of Cuba. After that the course is about southeast clearing the shallows to the east of Nicaragua and west of Jamaica until we have a clear shot to the entrance of the Panama Canal Zone at about 9*23N X 79*55W. All told somewhere around 1,200 miles so I figure two weeks and if the weather co-operates maybe less than ten days.
I should be clearing through Panama just about exactly four years after the last time I went through. Sadly the Panama Canal Yacht Club is gone, making way for expanded container handling facilities. I spent many pleasant hours there with other yachties, most memorably Al Lein. After clearing the canal it's off to the Galapagos for a brief stop. Then on to Hiva Oa in the Marquises. I really want to stop at Fatu Hiva again to see an old friend.
The Tuamotus are next on the itiniary. I plan to stop in Rangiroa atoll again. Hopefully we will not experience a nasty SW squall while there. On to Tahiti for the next stop. I haven't been to Papeete for quite a while so it will be interesting to see how much it has changed.
After the Society group I am not sure where I will go. Possibly north to Hawaii or west to the Cooks again. I really want to go to Aitutaki and Suvarov again. I should be able to take care of business in American Samoa easily. Then I'll head north, getting out of Dodge before the start of cyclone season. I want to go to the Marshalls and possibly stop in the Kiribati group. I went to Kwajalein back in the mid 80's and I would like to see it again.
The goal is the Philippines. There are many island groups on the way but most hover near the ITCZ so it may be better to go more north to hold the trades. As always the plan or any part of it is always subject to change depending on a wide variety of factors.
As always good fortune to the Cape Dory group and take care with the start of your new sailing season,
Fred
And we're off...
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And we're off...
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Fred...best to you...where are you posting your progress??...
bon voyage
Sounds like another great adventure, Fred, here's wishing you safe passages. Thanks for keeping up your posts, I've learned a lot from your prior ones. Looking forward to hear how the new boat does on first leg. My guess is you could cross an ocean in a barrel with a stick and some sailcloth, bet the new gal will make some good mileage.
Fair Winds and moderate, following seas-
Chase
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SunShine in Panama
Hi all,
The plan. As outlined above.
The reality, follows below!
SunShine and I started out at 10AM Tuesday, May 11. There was a brisk easterly to shoot us out of the river and on across Tampa Bay. By mid-afternoon we are well clear of the bay's entrance and headed south. The good easterly has however gone on vacation. It was replaced by a light and dying SW~WSW breeze. By 15:00 we were slowly powersailing SSW. Wind has now clocked to the NW. The forecast was for 5~15 knots @ E~SE. Finally about 20:00 the wind fills from the SE @ 15~20. Yeah, we're finally moving.
By the next AM the wind is still good but a bit too S. In order not to go too far west too early I change down to 1R main and s'sail. Sometime in the wee hours of the following AM the wind pipes up a bit more so I drop the main altogether. Conditions are generally beautiful. Sunshine and warm temps, skies mostly clear. Thursday morning I decide to raise the 1R main again, still too much so go to 2R main...Now that's better. Buy the late afternoon the wind is up and more easterly. So I drop the main and s'sail and hoist the small genny. We are really romping along now. By mid-night we have crossed into the tropics at 23*27' N latitude.
On Friday we are in the lee of the western end of Cuba. So the seas are down and the wind eases some as well. Now that I am S of the end of the island it is time to head as east as posible. I thought that soon after rounding the end of Cuba I would start to see the NE trades. HAHAHAHA said the wind gods. The wind was SE and at a pretty good clip. That was more or less on the nose. I have changed to 2R main and s'sail again making about due south. A bit later in the AM I shake out one reef. Later in the afternoon the wind poops out and it's back to the iron genny. This lasts for about four hours. By 21:00 we are back to 1R main and s'sail.
One of the things I really wanted to have on this boat was a small refrigerated ice box. Nothing like a cold drink out in the middle of nowhere when its hot and humid. Cold water or a Coke really hits the spot at times. In the next few days, six to be exact, we had 100% cloud cover all day every day. I installed two 85 watt solar panels on SunShine and they seemed to be able to handle the refer load just fine while in the slip. But add to the refer load the masthead tricolor turned on for 10~12 a night and heavy cloud cover all day it was just too much. I found that I had to run the motor for battery charging about 2~3 hours every three days to keep up with the electrical demands. The tricolor was definitely needed as there were many ships about during the day and night, coming up or going down to Panama I suspected.
Bashing along to windward for hours on end with much spray on deck and even splashing the dodger I also discovered a couple of leaks I didn't know I had. Previously I removed the chainplates, inspected them and re-installed them, making sure to seal the balsa cored deck with epoxy. Unfortunatly my bedding job didn't work out too well. The port forward chainplate was leaking but I didn't see the results at first. There was some water below and I thought it was from the small deck hatch above where the water was and/or from the dorade in the same local. Only later did I discover that the water was running down behind the hull covering and soaking into the cruising guides I had stored on the bookshelf at that location.
Boy was I pissed. Hundreds of dollars worth of books, soaked. I thought I might have to throw them overboard...and almost did in my huff. The bugger responsible for this mess was so well hidden in the lazerette that I couldn't dig him out. So of course "I", that is to say me "The Great Sailor and BoatBuilder" had to fix the mess. Off I went first on one tack. Dig out the acetone and silicone. Swab everything down with acetone to clean and dry the surfaces invovled. Then gob the whole mess with silicone. Stay on that tack for at least two hours to give the silicone a chance to set up. Then repeate the whole process on the other tack. And viola. No more leaks. Looks like sh** but doesn't leak, even now more than 10 days later. Ugly but problem solved until I get to port so's I can do a cleaner looking job.
Back to sailing! I actually managed to sneak in a 138 mile day between Thursday and Friday. Little did I know that that would probably be the best day's run of the entire passage. Here I was looking hopefully for the NE trades to fill in and what I got was continued winds generally SE, right where I wanted to go. Now that doesn't sound too bad, right! SunShine is a weatherly boat and all. But add a dose of adverse current(.5~2 knots) from the same direction, this is where the Gulf Stream get its start, and I was bearly able to make any easting. In one 24 hour period I made a whopping 15 miles eastward. Arghhhh!
That week was filled with up and down wind strength but still mostly from around the SE. I had rain sqaulls and no wind so powered or powersailed at times, due east if I could. There were many ships about as well, all seemed to give me a wide berth except for one who seemed intent on a close look-see. He passed within 100 yards, fortunatly to windward. Might have been an Asian captain. I noticed that this often happened in Indonesia and Malaysia. Seems that by crossing another boats bow you pass onto the other boat and crew your bad luck, if any, when the other boat crosses your wake.
By noon on Friday the 21st, Gemini begins. And the breeze finally went ENE. At least for a couple of days. I had a pretty good squall in the afternoon with winds gusting up in the 30~35 k range and of course pouring rain for short spells. When inclined and if it wasn't too cold I'd run out in the rain for a fresh water rinse and sometimes a whole bath. Quite invigorating although a bit chilly for me. All this time I am making to the south and east as best I can. Sometimes my noon to noons are a joke as I am tacking back and forth to gain easting.
On Sunday I saw, off in the distant haze, a very tall ship? As I drew closer I realized it was an off shore drilling ship. He did not appear to be moving. Just glad I came upon it during daylight hours. By Monday I have gotten far enough east to pass between Alice Shoal and a place called New Bank at about 16*10'N and 79*00'W. Now I am able to go due S more or less so the ESE~SE winds are OK but not great. Where's the NE trades?? Nonexistant so far.
Here it is Thursday AM. Since yesterday I have been powering along. The wind is light and fluky. Sometimes easterly sometimes westerly. I am reminded of the ITCZ with almost no wind and very bizarre cloud patterns. I'm less than 200 miles from the entrance to the breakwater of the Panama Canal, looks like some time Saturday AM arrival. I hope so. This has taken far longer than I expected. But Oh Well such is the life of a sailorman.
Another thing that I wanted on the boat was a hard dodger. From the pictures on the SunShine site you can see what it looks like. Maybe not beautiful to your eyes but georgous to mine. Because it performs its function quite well. Its dry and has good visibility forward and to the sides. I was unsure if the tinted plexi would be too dark at night but in reality it is fine. I can still see ships lights through the plexi at night. I built it with enough length for one person to be able to sit under it on each side. Since I am by myself this has worked well. I had a small bimini type cover made with an extension going forward to the aft end of the dodger(Pictures on SunShine's site). The cover has a zipper so I can lower or remove the forward part. This would rarely be done however. The only time I would do this is upon entering or leaving a narrow or crouded harbor. Because I cannot stand at the wheel and see forward with the forward piece in place, sitting at the helm is fine for forward visibility. I like it. It only cost a few hundred bucks and some labor to make.
I also went to Home Depot and bought some sunshade material. This product is like heavy plastic screen and can be purchased in premade shapes as well. I have one premade that is triangular to cover the foredeck. I cut three pieces from the additional roll so far. I used these pieces to make sunscreens for the sides and back of the cockpit. I put some re-inforcing around the edges and added a number of #2 spur grommets for attachment. The side curtains have seen continuous use since I started. They block about 50% of the direct sunlight. An added benefit is that they also knock down a lot of the spray while bashing to windward. They're also pretty good at reducing the amount of rain that blows into the cockpit area. The material is available in green or tan. The tan color goes quite well with my Sunbrella "Toast" bimini.
One thing so far that I really miss is having a Yankee. Many of you know that I converted FeNIX to a cutter. The more I sailed that boat the more I came to appreciate the flexibility of the cutter rig. Finances however precluded me from having a new Yankee made for this boat. During the entire time I was re-building I looked on e-Bay and some used sail sites for a Yankee type sail for SunShine. Never did find one. I did find an additional small genny, a staysail a storm jib and a storm trysail. So a Yankee and a 1.5oz hank on drifter are on my shopping list. I did get an old light, about 3.5oz dacron genny, for free from Steve at the marina where I had SunShine before I left. It's an OK sail but the leach is too streched out for it to be an effective windward sail. It is big and pretty light weight so I'll test it out downwind in the lighter stuff when I get the opportunity.
Here it is Friday AM and we're still powering along, not even power sailing. It's going on three days now with almost no wind. A vagrant puff comes up at times but of course it is from the south...directly on the nose. That doesn't hurt too much as the very light breeze rarely exceeds 5 knots. But I sure am tired of listening to the motor and having its additional heat fill the cabin. Thankfully, even though there are clouds all around I rarely get any rain directly on the boat, so at least I can have all the hatches and ports open. If conditions continue we will be inside the breakwater at the canal zone by noon tommorrow.
I find it a bit strange that there probably isn't any signifcant wind within about a 150 mile radius of my position yet there are swells coming at me from almost ever point on the compass. Where is the wind that generates these swells? I have no idea. At times I think that I am travelling as far vertically as horizontally. Up and down, up and down we go while slowly surging forward on a southerly course. Occasionally the swells are as big as six feet so that translates into a lot of up... and down...
For a while I get a southerly breeze and decide to take advantage of it but I must go off to the east a bit. Later that night the wind shifts to the NW and I am able to head almost on my course line to Panama. It's nearly due west of me now. I am snoozing in the cockpit as it is quite warm below and I also figure there may be shipping about. I dozed off for a couple of hours and when I woke up the headsail was backed. Ahhh the wind went back south again. SO I tacked the headsail and continued powersailing. As morning came the wind slowly died to zilch. I kept on under 2r main right on my course. It was a bit lumpy at times. I thought this the result of tide against current as there was no wind to generate any sea.
Later in the day a light NW breeze returned. This was great as it gave near an extra knot in boat speed. I wasn't going to make it to the breakwater by noon as that had already come and gone. But I thought I might make it before sundown. This was an advantage becuase I am not a big fan of entering port at night. Sure enough the light breeze built a bit and we were going alone pretty good. Finally at 7:00 PM local time we cleared the entrance.
I altered course to due south heading for the flats. I was excited and looking forward to meeting the other cruisers who would be there. No such luck. There was only one other boat there and by the time I got the anchor set and the boat settled and me settled it dark. I crashed, after 19 day passage I needed it. I awoke bright and early at sunrise and thought about paying the other boat a visit. I prepared the dingy and got it launched and the outboard installed. By that time the other boat up and left!! Was I snubbed or what?
SO I decided to power across the harbor to the Shelter Bay Marina. I arrived and anchored near another large sailboat. I hopped in the dingy and went over to the other boat.
Dick and his wife were three days into their passage to the Galapagos when their AP went south. They decided it would be prudent to return to Panama to affect repairs. So they came back through the canal as the marina on the Balboa side wanted $3,500/month to keep their boat there. They will probably put the boat in the marina here and put off till next year their plans for the south Pacific.
I headed into the marina but being late Sunday afternoon I didn't think much would be going on. But at least the restaraunt was open and I had a nice non me made meal as a reward for the passage. I returned Monday AM in the dink and made arrangements to stay for a few days. It's expensive but I need some parts, fuel, water and a few food items and to arrange the canal transit. And even though not rich I decided to spoil myself as I will not see a marina again for some time.
Take care,
Fred
The plan. As outlined above.
The reality, follows below!
SunShine and I started out at 10AM Tuesday, May 11. There was a brisk easterly to shoot us out of the river and on across Tampa Bay. By mid-afternoon we are well clear of the bay's entrance and headed south. The good easterly has however gone on vacation. It was replaced by a light and dying SW~WSW breeze. By 15:00 we were slowly powersailing SSW. Wind has now clocked to the NW. The forecast was for 5~15 knots @ E~SE. Finally about 20:00 the wind fills from the SE @ 15~20. Yeah, we're finally moving.
By the next AM the wind is still good but a bit too S. In order not to go too far west too early I change down to 1R main and s'sail. Sometime in the wee hours of the following AM the wind pipes up a bit more so I drop the main altogether. Conditions are generally beautiful. Sunshine and warm temps, skies mostly clear. Thursday morning I decide to raise the 1R main again, still too much so go to 2R main...Now that's better. Buy the late afternoon the wind is up and more easterly. So I drop the main and s'sail and hoist the small genny. We are really romping along now. By mid-night we have crossed into the tropics at 23*27' N latitude.
On Friday we are in the lee of the western end of Cuba. So the seas are down and the wind eases some as well. Now that I am S of the end of the island it is time to head as east as posible. I thought that soon after rounding the end of Cuba I would start to see the NE trades. HAHAHAHA said the wind gods. The wind was SE and at a pretty good clip. That was more or less on the nose. I have changed to 2R main and s'sail again making about due south. A bit later in the AM I shake out one reef. Later in the afternoon the wind poops out and it's back to the iron genny. This lasts for about four hours. By 21:00 we are back to 1R main and s'sail.
One of the things I really wanted to have on this boat was a small refrigerated ice box. Nothing like a cold drink out in the middle of nowhere when its hot and humid. Cold water or a Coke really hits the spot at times. In the next few days, six to be exact, we had 100% cloud cover all day every day. I installed two 85 watt solar panels on SunShine and they seemed to be able to handle the refer load just fine while in the slip. But add to the refer load the masthead tricolor turned on for 10~12 a night and heavy cloud cover all day it was just too much. I found that I had to run the motor for battery charging about 2~3 hours every three days to keep up with the electrical demands. The tricolor was definitely needed as there were many ships about during the day and night, coming up or going down to Panama I suspected.
Bashing along to windward for hours on end with much spray on deck and even splashing the dodger I also discovered a couple of leaks I didn't know I had. Previously I removed the chainplates, inspected them and re-installed them, making sure to seal the balsa cored deck with epoxy. Unfortunatly my bedding job didn't work out too well. The port forward chainplate was leaking but I didn't see the results at first. There was some water below and I thought it was from the small deck hatch above where the water was and/or from the dorade in the same local. Only later did I discover that the water was running down behind the hull covering and soaking into the cruising guides I had stored on the bookshelf at that location.
Boy was I pissed. Hundreds of dollars worth of books, soaked. I thought I might have to throw them overboard...and almost did in my huff. The bugger responsible for this mess was so well hidden in the lazerette that I couldn't dig him out. So of course "I", that is to say me "The Great Sailor and BoatBuilder" had to fix the mess. Off I went first on one tack. Dig out the acetone and silicone. Swab everything down with acetone to clean and dry the surfaces invovled. Then gob the whole mess with silicone. Stay on that tack for at least two hours to give the silicone a chance to set up. Then repeate the whole process on the other tack. And viola. No more leaks. Looks like sh** but doesn't leak, even now more than 10 days later. Ugly but problem solved until I get to port so's I can do a cleaner looking job.
Back to sailing! I actually managed to sneak in a 138 mile day between Thursday and Friday. Little did I know that that would probably be the best day's run of the entire passage. Here I was looking hopefully for the NE trades to fill in and what I got was continued winds generally SE, right where I wanted to go. Now that doesn't sound too bad, right! SunShine is a weatherly boat and all. But add a dose of adverse current(.5~2 knots) from the same direction, this is where the Gulf Stream get its start, and I was bearly able to make any easting. In one 24 hour period I made a whopping 15 miles eastward. Arghhhh!
That week was filled with up and down wind strength but still mostly from around the SE. I had rain sqaulls and no wind so powered or powersailed at times, due east if I could. There were many ships about as well, all seemed to give me a wide berth except for one who seemed intent on a close look-see. He passed within 100 yards, fortunatly to windward. Might have been an Asian captain. I noticed that this often happened in Indonesia and Malaysia. Seems that by crossing another boats bow you pass onto the other boat and crew your bad luck, if any, when the other boat crosses your wake.
By noon on Friday the 21st, Gemini begins. And the breeze finally went ENE. At least for a couple of days. I had a pretty good squall in the afternoon with winds gusting up in the 30~35 k range and of course pouring rain for short spells. When inclined and if it wasn't too cold I'd run out in the rain for a fresh water rinse and sometimes a whole bath. Quite invigorating although a bit chilly for me. All this time I am making to the south and east as best I can. Sometimes my noon to noons are a joke as I am tacking back and forth to gain easting.
On Sunday I saw, off in the distant haze, a very tall ship? As I drew closer I realized it was an off shore drilling ship. He did not appear to be moving. Just glad I came upon it during daylight hours. By Monday I have gotten far enough east to pass between Alice Shoal and a place called New Bank at about 16*10'N and 79*00'W. Now I am able to go due S more or less so the ESE~SE winds are OK but not great. Where's the NE trades?? Nonexistant so far.
Here it is Thursday AM. Since yesterday I have been powering along. The wind is light and fluky. Sometimes easterly sometimes westerly. I am reminded of the ITCZ with almost no wind and very bizarre cloud patterns. I'm less than 200 miles from the entrance to the breakwater of the Panama Canal, looks like some time Saturday AM arrival. I hope so. This has taken far longer than I expected. But Oh Well such is the life of a sailorman.
Another thing that I wanted on the boat was a hard dodger. From the pictures on the SunShine site you can see what it looks like. Maybe not beautiful to your eyes but georgous to mine. Because it performs its function quite well. Its dry and has good visibility forward and to the sides. I was unsure if the tinted plexi would be too dark at night but in reality it is fine. I can still see ships lights through the plexi at night. I built it with enough length for one person to be able to sit under it on each side. Since I am by myself this has worked well. I had a small bimini type cover made with an extension going forward to the aft end of the dodger(Pictures on SunShine's site). The cover has a zipper so I can lower or remove the forward part. This would rarely be done however. The only time I would do this is upon entering or leaving a narrow or crouded harbor. Because I cannot stand at the wheel and see forward with the forward piece in place, sitting at the helm is fine for forward visibility. I like it. It only cost a few hundred bucks and some labor to make.
I also went to Home Depot and bought some sunshade material. This product is like heavy plastic screen and can be purchased in premade shapes as well. I have one premade that is triangular to cover the foredeck. I cut three pieces from the additional roll so far. I used these pieces to make sunscreens for the sides and back of the cockpit. I put some re-inforcing around the edges and added a number of #2 spur grommets for attachment. The side curtains have seen continuous use since I started. They block about 50% of the direct sunlight. An added benefit is that they also knock down a lot of the spray while bashing to windward. They're also pretty good at reducing the amount of rain that blows into the cockpit area. The material is available in green or tan. The tan color goes quite well with my Sunbrella "Toast" bimini.
One thing so far that I really miss is having a Yankee. Many of you know that I converted FeNIX to a cutter. The more I sailed that boat the more I came to appreciate the flexibility of the cutter rig. Finances however precluded me from having a new Yankee made for this boat. During the entire time I was re-building I looked on e-Bay and some used sail sites for a Yankee type sail for SunShine. Never did find one. I did find an additional small genny, a staysail a storm jib and a storm trysail. So a Yankee and a 1.5oz hank on drifter are on my shopping list. I did get an old light, about 3.5oz dacron genny, for free from Steve at the marina where I had SunShine before I left. It's an OK sail but the leach is too streched out for it to be an effective windward sail. It is big and pretty light weight so I'll test it out downwind in the lighter stuff when I get the opportunity.
Here it is Friday AM and we're still powering along, not even power sailing. It's going on three days now with almost no wind. A vagrant puff comes up at times but of course it is from the south...directly on the nose. That doesn't hurt too much as the very light breeze rarely exceeds 5 knots. But I sure am tired of listening to the motor and having its additional heat fill the cabin. Thankfully, even though there are clouds all around I rarely get any rain directly on the boat, so at least I can have all the hatches and ports open. If conditions continue we will be inside the breakwater at the canal zone by noon tommorrow.
I find it a bit strange that there probably isn't any signifcant wind within about a 150 mile radius of my position yet there are swells coming at me from almost ever point on the compass. Where is the wind that generates these swells? I have no idea. At times I think that I am travelling as far vertically as horizontally. Up and down, up and down we go while slowly surging forward on a southerly course. Occasionally the swells are as big as six feet so that translates into a lot of up... and down...
For a while I get a southerly breeze and decide to take advantage of it but I must go off to the east a bit. Later that night the wind shifts to the NW and I am able to head almost on my course line to Panama. It's nearly due west of me now. I am snoozing in the cockpit as it is quite warm below and I also figure there may be shipping about. I dozed off for a couple of hours and when I woke up the headsail was backed. Ahhh the wind went back south again. SO I tacked the headsail and continued powersailing. As morning came the wind slowly died to zilch. I kept on under 2r main right on my course. It was a bit lumpy at times. I thought this the result of tide against current as there was no wind to generate any sea.
Later in the day a light NW breeze returned. This was great as it gave near an extra knot in boat speed. I wasn't going to make it to the breakwater by noon as that had already come and gone. But I thought I might make it before sundown. This was an advantage becuase I am not a big fan of entering port at night. Sure enough the light breeze built a bit and we were going alone pretty good. Finally at 7:00 PM local time we cleared the entrance.
I altered course to due south heading for the flats. I was excited and looking forward to meeting the other cruisers who would be there. No such luck. There was only one other boat there and by the time I got the anchor set and the boat settled and me settled it dark. I crashed, after 19 day passage I needed it. I awoke bright and early at sunrise and thought about paying the other boat a visit. I prepared the dingy and got it launched and the outboard installed. By that time the other boat up and left!! Was I snubbed or what?
SO I decided to power across the harbor to the Shelter Bay Marina. I arrived and anchored near another large sailboat. I hopped in the dingy and went over to the other boat.Dick and his wife were three days into their passage to the Galapagos when their AP went south. They decided it would be prudent to return to Panama to affect repairs. So they came back through the canal as the marina on the Balboa side wanted $3,500/month to keep their boat there. They will probably put the boat in the marina here and put off till next year their plans for the south Pacific.
I headed into the marina but being late Sunday afternoon I didn't think much would be going on. But at least the restaraunt was open and I had a nice non me made meal as a reward for the passage. I returned Monday AM in the dink and made arrangements to stay for a few days. It's expensive but I need some parts, fuel, water and a few food items and to arrange the canal transit. And even though not rich I decided to spoil myself as I will not see a marina again for some time.
Take care,
Fred
Last edited by fenixrises on Jun 4th, '10, 20:55, edited 1 time in total.
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Zeida
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Fred and Fenix...ehrrr... Sunshine! It is a pleasure to start reading about your whereabouts again. Please do not forget your CD friends and keep us informed of your adventures. Also, if you can take pictures of Sunshine as she is right now, in her travelling gear, canvas, side curtains, cockpit, etc. it would be fantastic. Looking forward for your postings, as always and wishing you better luck with the winds!
Zeida
S/V Bandolera II
Key Biscayne, Miami, FL
Zeida
S/V Bandolera II
Key Biscayne, Miami, FL
Zeida
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Are you using ShipTrak again?
Fred - Really enjoy following your adventures - Last time around you used ShipTrak and we could see your progress across the oceans - are you this time? If so, what is your call sign? Good luck!
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SunShine in Panama II
Hi all,
SunShine is scheduled for the transit on Thursday the 10th.
After about four days of attacking my near page long list of minor fix-its we are ready to go through. Since I didn't have time for a shake down before I left I thought any problems could be corrected upon arrival. That was the case but as always in a foreign port things progress according to a different plan.
Have met many interesting people here at the marina and one couple has agreed to make the transit(as line handlers) with me, still looking for two more as hiring locals is expensive. Another couple on a boat from Vancouver have lent me their long lines for the transit. This saves me the rental fee. All this cost reduction is to my advantage as like most my budget is really stretched thin these days.
Otherwise all is still going as planned. I transited before on the 7th of June so only missed that by a few days.
As per Zeida's request I'll snap a few pics of SunShine and the local enviroment and post them later today or tomorrow. Video files are just too darn big to upload...and I haven't taken any as yet.
Watch out for slippery water and hurricanes
Take care,
Fred
SunShine is scheduled for the transit on Thursday the 10th.
After about four days of attacking my near page long list of minor fix-its we are ready to go through. Since I didn't have time for a shake down before I left I thought any problems could be corrected upon arrival. That was the case but as always in a foreign port things progress according to a different plan.
Have met many interesting people here at the marina and one couple has agreed to make the transit(as line handlers) with me, still looking for two more as hiring locals is expensive. Another couple on a boat from Vancouver have lent me their long lines for the transit. This saves me the rental fee. All this cost reduction is to my advantage as like most my budget is really stretched thin these days.
Otherwise all is still going as planned. I transited before on the 7th of June so only missed that by a few days.
As per Zeida's request I'll snap a few pics of SunShine and the local enviroment and post them later today or tomorrow. Video files are just too darn big to upload...and I haven't taken any as yet.
Watch out for slippery water and hurricanes
Take care,
Fred
You should always have an odd number of holes in your boat!
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fenixrises
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And a few pics
Hi all,
Here's a couple the rest can be found here:
http://www.sbastro.com/SunShine/Journey2010.html
SunShine ready for transit. Side curtain/screen is down so's y'all can see what it looks like.
And even big boats have home made selfsteering systems.
Take care,
Fred
Here's a couple the rest can be found here:
http://www.sbastro.com/SunShine/Journey2010.html
SunShine ready for transit. Side curtain/screen is down so's y'all can see what it looks like.
And even big boats have home made selfsteering systems.
Take care,
Fred
You should always have an odd number of holes in your boat!
cruising boats
Hi Fred, thanks for posting pics of sunshine and other boats at canal. I really like the center cockpit, must feel very different compared to your 28. I was out in a bit of wind the other day and stayed pretty wet, fine for my short passage but Sunshine looks to be a drier boat, for those ocassional beats. Hope its all off the wind for you and Sunshine and that your transit was unenventful.
Safe passages-
Chase
Safe passages-
Chase
Where is Fred? Really...
Can anyone figure out what's up with Fred's ShipTrak path? Leaving the Canal, it was a good track towards the Galapagos, but the last few days it has tracked all over. His most recent message is "All OK" so that is good. Maybe some sort of typo on his info to ShipTrak?
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K14MMB
29 Jun 10
1600 GMT
shiptrak.org
"No positions found for K14MMB"
I must have the wrong call sign.
Dick
edited to add time.
1600 GMT
shiptrak.org
"No positions found for K14MMB"
I must have the wrong call sign.
Dick
edited to add time.
Re: K14MMB
Hey Dick,tartansailor wrote:29 Jun 10
1600 GMT
shiptrak.org
"No positions found for K14MMB"
I must have the wrong call sign.
Dick
edited to add time.
You changed the "I" to a "1".
MFC