After 10 days in Port Antonio we prepared ourself for the 600 NM haul across the Caribbean Sea to Panama.
Our handycap was a broken Autopilot so we needed to steer by hand for the next 5 days.
This time the weather was kind to us with light winds and almost flat sea. We arrived Portobelo just SW of Colon in the morning.
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Tucked away in the northeast corner of the island just of the Windward Passage is the beautiful and protected lagoon of Port Antonio.
Inside the West lagoon is the Errol Flynn Marina with
32 slips for yachts up to 350 feet LOA and a maximum draft of 17 feet. Amenities: pumpouts at each berth, cable TV hookup, single- and three-phase electricity, fueling.
There's Internet including Wifi for the anchorage. A bar and a swimming pool, shops, a restaurant .....
Checking in and out of Jamaica is easy and free. The Marina will contact customs and immigration.
The Marina has 10 moorings you can use or you anchor out. The price is US$12/day either way. That includes the use of Dinghy dock, hot showers, Wifi and everything else the Marina has to offer.
The Marina also has a shipyard across the bay with a 100 to travellift (26ft. wide)
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We left Luperon in the afternoon on 03/31/2010. The weather forecast "promised" good weather with 15-20 Kn of wind for our passage to Jamaica.
The Windward Passage greeted us with 30 kn and 12 ft. following sea. Getting closer to Jamaica the wind calmed down and after 350 NM we arrived at Port Antonio in Jamaica.
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Every saturday there is a pig roast at the motor concho corner in Luperon. The day before the (still alive) pigs got picked up und packed in the baskets on a motorcycle to be prepared for the grill.
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In 2008, we sailed 2635 Miles and visited 10 Countries
Grenada, beginning of our circumnavigation
Venezuela
Bonaire
Curacao
Aruba
Honduras
Guatemala, Rio Dulce for 3 month
Belize
Mexico
USA, east coast
In 2009, we sailed 904 Miles and visited 3 countries
USA, east coast 5 month
Bahamas
Turks & Caicos Islands
Doninican Republic, Luperon 5 month
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"KOKOMO" song by the Beach Boys
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Aruba, Jamaica ooo I wanna take you
Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego baby why don't we go
Jamaica
Off the Florida Keys
There's a place called Kokomo
That's where you wanna go to get away from it all
Bodies in the sand
Tropical drink melting in your hand
We'll be falling in love
To the rhythm of a steel drum band
Down in Kokomo
Aruba, Jamaica ooo I wanna take you
To Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego baby why don't we go
Ooo I wanna take you down to Kokomo
We'll get there fast
And then we'll take it slow
That's where we wanna go
Way down to Kokomo
To Martinique, that Monserrat mystique
We'll put out to sea
And we'll perfect our chemistry
By and by we'll defy a little bit of gravity
Afternoon delight
Cocktails and moonlit nights
That dreamy look in your eye
Give me a tropical contact high
Way down in Kokomo
Aruba, Jamaica ooo I wanna take you
To Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego baby why don't we go
Ooo I wanna take you down to Kokomo
We'll get there fast
And then we'll take it slow
That's where we wanna go
Way down to Kokomo
Port Au Prince I wanna catch a glimpse
Everybody knows
A little place like Kokomo
Now if you wanna go
And get away from it all
Go down to Kokomo
Aruba, Jamaica ooo I wanna take you
To Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego baby why don't we go
Ooo I wanna take you down to Kokomo
We'll get there fast
And then we'll take it slow
That's where we wanna go
Way down to Kokomo
Aruba, Jamaica ooo I wanna take you
To Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego baby why don't we go
Ooo I wanna take you down to Kokomo
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