06/13/2012, Portobelo
We left Friday morning from Portobelo to go to Panama City. This trip was on two busses. The first one was a chicken bus to Colon that took 2 hours and cost $1.60 each. The second bus was a nice bus with AC & TV. This was to Panama City it took 2 hours and cost $3.15 each. To get from the first bus to the second we were advised to take a taxi. the taxi ride was 150 yards and cost $2.00 . once we arrived in Panama we took a taxi to S/V Rocinante and were reunited with Larry and Vicky , new friends we had met last year in Mexico and their crew member Joe. We had met Joe in El Salvador when he was crewing on a different boat. since leaving Tacoma 2 years ago we have met several people then parted ways only to be reunited months later. Early the next morning we met our canal adviser "Ricky". He was knowledgeable, friendly and was very pleasant. We rafted to a 67' fishing boat and went threw the first 3 locks center tied. After motoring across lake Gatun we were given permission to lock down on the same day. Earlier we were told we would have to spend the night on the lake. We centered tied alone going down. No problems for Rocinante as everything very smoothly. We arrived in Shelter Bay later that evening. The only hiccup was the next day, Rocinante started to take on water. The bilge was complete full and coming up the floor boards. It took 5 plus hours to figure out the bilge pump was leaking into the boat. Larry ordered a new one, installed it, and 5 days later, all was good. We left Shelter Bay at 5:30 am this morning and arrived late morning to Portobelo. Kokomo was just fine without us.
Life was good on Rocinate!
Denny and Becky
|
Comments [1]
06/11/2012, Portobello
One of our outings in Western Coco Banderos was to get close to a ship that hit a reef and sunk. The closer we got I was amazed at how large this ship was. Parts of the ship were all around the ship. We tried to figure out what each part was. We think to the left of the ship was the rudder.
|
06/10/2012, Portobello
One evening while we were watching the sunset in Western Coco Banderos, we saw in the distance Miramore which is a junk rig boat. Denny explains this boat in the video below.
|
06/09/2012, Portobello
During our stay in Western Coco Banderos, we were very entertained by a family that was next to us in the anchorage. This was a family from France and they rented a 40' catamaran for a year. They have two girls 7 and 9 years old. They home school on the boat and after school in the afternoon each day the parents would take each of the girl's water skiing. They have a dinghy that's 9 feet with a Yamaha 15 hp. The water skies were attached together. They both were able to pop right up. Very cute!
|
06/08/2012, Portobello
This was a new anchorage for us and what a treat it was for us! This small island we were near had reefs all around it. We would swim from our boat and snorkel around this island. Near the backside of the island was a boat that hit the reef and sunk. There were many beautiful reef fish all around.
|
06/07/2012, Portobello
After a beautiful sunny day, we had the most amazing sunset. Below is a video of where we are anchored and the sunset. No green flash this time.
In this anchorage we watched some Kuna kids sail by in their yula.
Becky
|
