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Zooming through Panama

February 16, 2026Matt 3 Comments

Once I had escaped Costa Rica (relatively) unscathed, the next thing was to reach the canal. I hadn’t really looked into it too much and naively assumed that the canal would be the hard part, turns out getting there is… Continue reading →

Circumnavigation panama, panama canal, sailboat, sailing, sooner

New Update

February 10, 2026Matt 8 Comments

So yeah, new entry. Mainly because I realised reading back through that it was nice to have a journal, I forget a lot of stuff! Anyway, this summer I was working at another lodge, this time a luxury resort (emphasis… Continue reading →

Circumnavigation panama, sailing

Update and the blogs future

January 1, 2025Matt 8 Comments

Hi everyone! At this point I am over a year behind, having left off just at Bahia Frailes. So here is a year, in recap. Got to La Paz, hung out with friends from Canada and new friends Raced Maquinna Point… Continue reading →

Circumnavigation, Other goodbye, sailboat, sailing

Heading down the outside of the Baja coast – Part 2

June 2, 2024Matt 4 Comments

So apparently the email notifications haven’t been working for months, and I just found out so will hopefully fix soon! The stretch from Turtle Bay to Santa Maria had been pretty awful the last time I had done it, so… Continue reading →

Circumnavigation, Fishing cabo, sailboat, sailing

Heading down the outside of the Baja coast – Part 1

April 6, 2024Matt Leave a comment

After leaving Ensenada, MQP (Maquinna Pt) and I headed south to Turtle Bay, a trip of 300nm and 3 nights. Last time I did this it was with Liz, so this was the first time I had done it single-handed,… Continue reading →

Circumnavigation, Fishing fishing, sailboat, sailing

San Diego and Ensenada

April 5, 2024Matt 1 Comment

I ended up in San Diego for about a month, which was mostly spent doing boat stuff. The last week or so I met my friend Kerri and went on her sweet beach cat which I made a video of,… Continue reading →

Circumnavigation mexico, sailboat, sailing

Channel Islands and San Diego

January 5, 2024Matt Leave a comment

I forgot to post this last update but here is a photo of Sooner in the sunset I mentioned in the last post, taken by MQP. Look at them red over greens Santa Rosa was a cool place – I… Continue reading →

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Morro Bay CA to The Channel Islands, CA

January 2, 2024Matt Leave a comment

Holy smokes, is this blog being updated? So I realised it’s been QUITE the while since I have, partly because Instagram is where I do a lot of posting and also because I went through a bad breakup (longtime readers… Continue reading →

Circumnavigation sailboat, sailing

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Made to Panama City, my last stop in the Pacific f Made to Panama City, my last stop in the Pacific for quite some time. Last 100 miles were upwind against heavy current but it was ok, even the fearsome Punta Mala was tame. By far the scariest bit was threading my way through the shipping anchorage outside the canal,  the traffic was very active and a couple of times I had to get out the way sharpish

Next, the canal!
This morning I rounded Punta Mariato, the furthest This morning I rounded Punta Mariato, the furthest south I'll be on this trip. From now on, every mile will take me back to BC (sometimes somewhat obliquely and via two oceans, the NWP and the canal but still!)

The hardest parts are yet to come but after two and a half years,  I'm homeward bound.

#sailing #sailboat
Goodbye Costa Rica, from helping a local get a gia Goodbye Costa Rica, from helping a local get a giant iguana out of their pool to marlins launching themselves out of the water, the wildlife and the people did not disappoint. What a lovely place!

#costarica
Bird fight! Brown Boobies (pic 4) are medium sized Bird fight! Brown Boobies (pic 4) are medium sized marine birds that are very adapt at catching fish (I've seen them snatch flying fish out the air) while Magnificent Frigatebirds (pic 5) (yes that is their actual name) are a lot bigger and seem to not as good at catching food. I've seen them do it, but mostly they prefer to bully smaller birds, which is what is happening here. The booby caught a small fish, the Frigate saw and immediately started bullying it to try to snatch it's prize. 

The fish was dropped but the squawking continued for quite a while after I left.

#costarica #bird #birdphotography
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