What a difference a couple months makes. Last time I made this passage it was March 10th and the NE trades were blowing almost to the equator. Now in May we have SW winds almost all the way between Panama and the Galapagos. Still it's good to be out of Panama, we stayed in a marina for the last 3 nights and every local boat has a guy washing and cleaning all day long every day. It's the only way to keep them clean. We must have washed Ovive at least 6 times while in Panama but the dirt just kept building up to the point that only a strong degreaser of another wax will make a dent now. Thanks to Colin on Seauge an Atlantic 55 berthed next to us for letting us use his internet to track our part. Just had to stop writing and go out to carefully cross over a net. Saw the fishing boat first and called him in Spanish but he did not answer. We made 150 miles motoring since we left Panama City at 1:45pm yesterday. Will properly be the best run of this passage as the headwind's will only get stronger. I would not advise leaving the coast of Panama so late in the day due to the numerous logs floating. Easy to dodge in daylight but a bit of a worry at night. I felt we had to leave or wait until Tuesday as the SW winds will start blowing 25 where we are now in the next few days. We shall see how the decision pans out in the coming days. So far the wind has been light enough to motor right into but when they pick up to 20 in the next day of two we may take a tack back towards Ecuador.