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Hello Bocas Del Toro!
Don and I have been in Bocas now for 2 months. We realize we like staying in a place long enough to recognize not only folks in the anchorage, but in the town as well. Tali visited us! Bocas isn’t the easiest place to get to, as you have either to switch airports in Panama City or take a bus from the airport. Regardless, Tali graced us with a visit from her all consuming career as a Sous/Crew Chef on a 250′ yacht. We chilled and ate well, not surprisingly. Tali and I had an amazing massage in the rain…
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No Water, No Fuel, Ready to Race!
Enjoy raced in the Bocas Del Toro, Panama Regatta
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Welcome Tali
A warm welcome to our new guest on s/v enjoy in bocas del toro!
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Highlights from my Opencpn navigation and AIS backup seminars
Over the last two days, I (Don) gave a pair of seminars on opencpn at Shelter Bay Marina. The purpose was to review some of the features I had found useful in opencpn, help people upgrade to Version 5, and provide troubleshooting support. I asked folks to bring computers and then brought Version 5 plus a wide range of maps and charts on a thumb drive so folks could download during the seminars. Satellite charts come as .kap and .mbtiles There have been, and is now an ever growing, collection of satellite charts that are geo registered and can be…
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The self-sufficient foodie
Green leafies are hard to come by Boats typically don’t have great refrigerators. So even if you can get your hands on green leafy vegetables, and you store them in the Misses Debbie green bags which extend life, you just run out. So what do you do? First, you read the classic “Sailing the Farm: A Survival Guide to Homesteading on the Ocean”. Then you go to work. Quite some time ago, I turned to microgreens in either coconut coir or dirt, thanks to foodie Karen on Life in the Boat (S/V Snowcat 2). Then, I was given this wonderful…