S/V Aphrodite

We have made it to our first anchorage in the San Blas Islands. We have been beating against 20kt winds from the NE for the past few days, not making much headway, until today. Today we had terrific sailing, 20-25kts, close reach, which gave us a swift exhilarating sail. These are my favorite conditions to [...]

Cloud 9 transitted the Panama Canal and is in the Atlantic Ocean.
We met our advisor, Alex, Friday morning at 9:15 am and motored under the Bridge of the Americas shortly after. Our first two sets of locks were “up” locks, with gallons of water filling the chamber from underneath the boat. Thanks to our friend [...]

We are at a major crossroad now, scheduled to transit the Panama Canal tomorrow, Dec. 10th. You can watch us live around 8:40 in the Miraflores lock. Go to the live web cam at www.pancanal.com. This is a bittersweet time for us because as we prepare for the thrill of the transit and the anticipation [...]