Monday, May 24 to Thursday, May 27, 2010 – At Sea

Since all the systems had been checked early Monday, we were ready to depart very quickly and had the anchor up by 2:45 pm. Several of the locals waved and hollered farewell to us as we motored out of the harbor at the beginning of a very long journey.



The passage to Panama was approximately 580 nautical miles or about 670 statute miles. We had a delightful start to the run with fairly calm seas and a warm breeze. The mountains of Jamaica made a beautiful backdrop. And, just as the sun was setting, we snagged a fish on one of the trolling lines. Mark reeled it in to find a barracuda, so the line was cut and we let it go. Just as we were getting settled in again, there was another fish on the line. This time Gale reeled in a big dolphin fish (mahi mahi). We were all very excited to have fresh fish again.



The journey was long and, at times, very rough. No one got sick to their stomachs along the way; however, we did “lie low,” for the most part, unless we were at the helm. The captains rotated with 3-hour shifts throughout the 65-hour passage. Gale had the first shift as we left Jamaica and the last shift as we entered Panama.

The last photo is of a flying fish. On Thursday morning we woke to find two of these unfortunate creatures who had misjudged their landing!!