Panama Archives | Sailing Rua Hatu https://www.svruahatu.com/tag/panama/ Exploring the world on a Vancouver 36 Sun, 23 Jun 2024 19:55:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.svruahatu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-SVRuaHatu_Stamp-32x32.png Panama Archives | Sailing Rua Hatu https://www.svruahatu.com/tag/panama/ 32 32 Cruising the tropical islands of the San Blas archipelago https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/11/cruising-the-tropical-islands-of-the-san-blas-archipelago/ https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/11/cruising-the-tropical-islands-of-the-san-blas-archipelago/#respond Fri, 24 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=5195 After four months at Turtle Cay Marina and despite the rainy season still being in full swing, we finally push off the dock and sail towards the San Blas Islands. Puerto Obaldia, the southernmost town on Panama’s Caribbean coast, being our final destination so we can check out of Panama and continue our exploration of …

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]]> https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/11/cruising-the-tropical-islands-of-the-san-blas-archipelago/feed/ 0 Worlds Apart – Summer 2023 in Europe https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/11/worlds-apart-summer-2023-in-europe/ https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/11/worlds-apart-summer-2023-in-europe/#comments Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=5164 While Nic was staying in Turtle Cay working on Rua Hatu and the dinghy as well as looking after the pets, I departed Panama for a summer trip to Europe to visit friends and family in Germany and Croatia. My flights took me from Panama City to Munich via Madrid. In Munich I spent a …

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]]> https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/11/worlds-apart-summer-2023-in-europe/feed/ 1 Worlds Apart – Summer 2023 in Panama https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/11/worlds-apart-1/ https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/11/worlds-apart-1/#respond Fri, 10 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=5024 Greetings from sleepy Turtle Cay Marina during the peak of summer and the Atlantic hurricane season. While Janine visited Europe, I spent my days working on various boat projects, hiking with Kiwi and enjoying the remote Caribbean coastline. Take a look at what happened while the storms raged offshore. Situated beyond the major cities and …

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]]> https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/11/worlds-apart-1/feed/ 0 A Quiet Paradise Named Turtle Cay https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/07/a-quiet-paradise-named-turtle-cay/ https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/07/a-quiet-paradise-named-turtle-cay/#respond Fri, 21 Jul 2023 12:01:00 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=4962 After two short sails from Shelter Bay, we arrived in Turtle Cay Marina. There we settled in and got to work ordering parts, upgrading our plumbing and generally enjoying this remote marina on Panama’s Caribbean coast. Lightning in Linton Bay After departing Shelter Bay Marina, we made our way to the end of the breakwater …

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]]> https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/07/a-quiet-paradise-named-turtle-cay/feed/ 0 Arriving in the Caribbean (Part 2) https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/06/arriving-in-the-caribbean-part-2/ https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/06/arriving-in-the-caribbean-part-2/#respond Fri, 23 Jun 2023 18:01:22 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=4897 The pace at which we made our way from the Pacific and through the first set of locks on the Panama Canal was astonishing! But after an early morning start and a long day of motoring, a series of delays kept us moored on Gatun lake for two nights, only a stones-throw from the Atlantic …

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