Cancun Mexico to Bocas Del Toro Panama - Did you hear the radio in the aft head?

When underway there are things that happen which cannot be explained. Like, hearing a radio in the aft head. There is a sports announcer on telling about the ballgame - baseball?  You ask your partner - did you hear the radio in the aft head?  Ya, whats with that?  I don't know. I do not have a radio in that area of the boat... must be a lost transistor radio?  But the announcer was speaking English? Reception in Latin America? 100 nautical miles from shore? Go figure.... we arrived Bocas del Toro Panama this morning at 0800 hours.

Here are pictures of the trip - nearly 900 nautical miles from Cancun Mexico to Panama against the Gulf Stream current - 1.5 to over 2.0kts which is a major factor when long distance cruising to conserve fuel at a normal speed of 6 knots means you are only able to make 4.5kts... so making 880 nautical miles in 7 days means we averaged 5.35kts. Burned 450 gallons of diesel. Less than 3gph against the Gulf Stream current - Fantastic! So glad I increased speed when conditions allowed - several times a day there is a weather "pause" when seas and swell significantly decrease. Especially between 3-6pm... then early morning again before sunrise.

Here are pictures from this leg of our journey... enjoy!  Sorry we did not click pictures of the "SUPER SCHOOL" of hundreds of porpoise - in all directions... undoubtedly a "colony" of hunting mammals in search of food while playing in the bow wave of GREY GOOSE.

Tropical rains really come down... buckets full at a time...less than 100 feet forward visibility.

Minutes later the skies are clear

but that darn easterly swell means running in the trough 90% of the time... roll baby roll...

Sometimes you just cannot catch it with a camera picture.... one of the visual pleasure of BEING THERE!

Weekly ferry service from the mainland to Island Providencia and Island San Andres in the Caribbean Sea - we really suggest stopping here! Remote - off the beaten path... sandy beaches with palm trees etc...

0630 hours daylight peeks of the Panama coastline...

Downtown Bocas del Toro...

 

Pictures from Marina Carenero...