06/19/2012, Laguna de Bluefield
After a relaxing sail up the coast Kokomo and Rocinante are anchored side by side in a pristine little bay that could remind you of the Puget Sound if not for the dug out canoes and out houses that hang over the water. Last night we had dinner on Kokomo with Rocinante and played a little music to finish the night. thanks to Vicky I was enticed to bring my guitar out and join Larry and Joe. for me it was a lesson that will help me improve my skills. For the people living on the beach it was a few hours of music entertainment as the to pros exchanged songs and all within ear shot got an unexpected concert. we all had fun and soon retired as a new day of travel will come with sunrise. Lobster, fish, brownies and music.
Life truly is good on Kokomo
Denny
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If you two get a chance, perhaps you could drop us a note with any tips you might have regarding adding videos to the blog. I am having a terrible time with it! Thanks Tom
06/15/2012, Portobelo
This is Fort San Fernando. Below is a short video.
We are off this morning for Bocas del Toro. It should take 24 hours to get there.
Becky
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06/14/2012, San Blas
This is a short video of our latest charter.
Becky
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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
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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.
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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.
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