This morning I forgot to mention all the fun we had with dolphins yesterday! About 5 nm out from Escuda, I spotted a dolphin swimming beside the boat, heading for the bow. I alerted the others, left the helm to Otto, and rushed to the bow. Sure enough, he began playing back and forth in front of the bow. Soon he was joined by at least a dozen of his friends, including some juveniles, and they all played on our dual bow wakes. The four of us all hung out on the tramp or in the bow seats taking pictures and gawking at our finny friends. There was one in particular that would come up just inside the bow and roll onto his side to look up at us. He did it several times in a row. Sometimes they would jump over and under each other just in front of the bow, other times they would line up 4 or 5 abreast and jump the bow wake. For probably half an hour they frolicked for our enjoyment. And then they were gone. Just like that, all gone. Today started out dreary - overcast with a light drizzle. Worse, the boat was lying broadside to the waves. Probably we were hanging to a current as there was really no wind. It was rather uncomfortable and Jana broke down and took a Sturgeron to calm her stomach. After breakfast, we took the two kayaks and the dinghy in to shore. Approaching the shore was quite a trick as we surfed in on rather large waves. I nearly dumped the dinghy twice, but we made it. Bryan & Jana did better in the kayaks. Next we went up the river. Again the kayaks were better, but I got pretty good at sitting on the bow of dink and paddling to either side. Deb did some beach combing and found an old net float and other treasures. Then we faced the challenge of getting OUT through the breakers. The kayaks bobbed over the breaking waves rather nicely - ? a testament to their design or the skill of the paddler? I found an area of fairly uniform depth and pointed the dink out. I waited for a wave, jumped in, pulled to start engine (first time! - GOOD engine!) and roared out through the breakers. I tried to time each set, but one wave broke directly over Deb. Sorry, dear. We all made it safely back to the big boat and stowed the dinghy and kayaks. Then we weighed anchor and headed for Punta Limon, a staging place for our trip to Chagres tomorrow. The wind was still blowing from the SW and we were headed NE, so of course, IT'S A SPINNAKER RUN! We got our huge green and yellow asymmetrical spinnaker up without difficulty and cruised the entire way at between 6 and 8 kts. Actually we topped out at 7.8 kts, but that was with 8 kts apparent wind! We will anchor for the night and get an early start for Chagres in the morning. Hopefully weather will cooperate and we can do another sunny spinnaker run to get the the entrance nice and early. Stay tuned.