Peter, Heloisa and Auke cruising Westwards around the globe with s/v Mundinho

Our position is updated regularly. Click on Current Position (right side) to find out where we are.

18 December 2012 | Shelter Bay Panama
28 November 2012
19 August 2012 | Panama city BYC
14 August 2012 | 7 34.734'N:78 11.947'W, Bahia Pina, Panama
04 August 2012 | 1 48.992'N:78 43.717'W, Tumaco - Colombia
29 July 2012 | 8 24.0264'N:79 04.9178'W, Isla Pedro Gonzalez - Archipel Las Perlas
23 July 2012 | Panama city
21 July 2012 | Colon, Panama
17 July 2012 | Colon, Panama
10 July 2012 | 9 35.228'N:78 52.950'W, Chichime
29 June 2012 | 9 35.346'N:78 40.542'W, Kalugir Tupu and Banedup
26 June 2012 | 9 35.191'N:78 44.751'W, Miriadiadup
24 June 2012 | 9 35.231'N:78 52.839'W, Uchutupu Pippi
21 June 2012 | 9 32.722'N:78 53.754'W, Cay Limon
15 June 2012 | Colon Panama
13 June 2012 | Shelter BAy, Colon Panama
11 June 2012
08 June 2012
06 June 2012 | Shelter Bay, Colon Panama
04 June 2012 | Shelter Bay, Colon Panama

Anchoring in 2.000 meters waterdepth

09 April 2012 | 15 57.392'N:79 54.755'W, Cayo Serranilla
Peter via Satphone
We left Jamaica a day and a half ago, first with some winds, but during the night and today no winds. Absolutely nothing. So motoring the whole night and today. Fed up with that, we were looking at the charts what to do. There are several shallow spots to navigate around on your way from Jamaica (West side) to Isla de Providencia. Most of them steep mountains rising up from the sea bottom, from 2.000 meter water depth to perhaps just below the sea level, about 10 meters water depth. Here and there a rock protrudes above the sea level, something you really want to stay far away from normally. Well we just arrived on the banks (sea mountain top) of Cayo Serranilla. According the charts water depths range here in the 10 to 20 meters range. On the East side of this bank some reefs just below sea level and one lonely rock with a light on top sticking above the sea level. Studying the charts we noticed a tiny little �"anchor�", meaning suitable for anchoring, behind that ro ck. That is where we are heading for right now and should arrive in the next 2 hours. You can only do this when the weather and seas are settled, as today. We are going to try this and see if we can anchor here out for the night in 15 meters of water. A quite night without that engine running. The trick is to find the rock at night, as it is now 18:00 and we still have two hours (10Nm) to go, so it will be dark when we get there. I do not trust the chart so much, so it will be imperative to find the light and then locate it on the radar, so we know the true location. If we are unable to find the light, then we pass on it and move on. Great feeling to anchor out here in the middle of 2.000 meters water depths, on top of a sea mountain not larger then 20Nm around. Our fishing is still no success. We lost another two lures to whatever is out there. It is spam and omelets again. What a terrible fisherman I am. I really think there is little fish out there nowadays. We will let you know if we were able to anchor out here.
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Vessel Name: Mundinho
Vessel Make/Model: Koopmans 42 - Ketch - Alu Centerboard
Hailing Port: Harlingen - Holland
Crew: Peter, Heloisa and Auke
About: We are a family of three, a rather international get together with myself being Dutch, my lovely wife being Brazilian and our 7 year old son who carries a Dutch and Brazilian citizenship
Extra: You can follow us here during our two year sailing trip that will take us together via the Caribbean and the Islands in the Pacific to New Zealand. Beyond that I will take Mundinho to Europe solo.
Home Page: www.sv-mundinho.com

Family of three travelling West Bound (slowly)

Who: Peter, Heloisa and Auke
Port: Harlingen - Holland
Peter and Heloisa and their 7 year old son Auke are traveling with their sailing vessel a Koopmans 42. On this blog you can find updates regularly posted of their preparation and trip itself. Feel free to leave a message or raise a question if you have any for Peter and Heloisa.
A family of three cruising with Mundinho around the globe