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Going through the Panama Canal

March 14, 2026Matt 6 Comments

I spent 10 days in Panama City waiting for my slot. The anchorage was pretty rolly but I got a lot of stuff done, including replacing the windlass gypsy (Lewmar has maybe some of the best support I’ve seen from… Continue reading →

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Zooming through Panama

February 16, 2026Matt 7 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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

Circumnavigation, Fishing channel islands, san diego

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Sooner at anchor in San Blas next to Tally Ho - a Sooner at anchor in San Blas next to Tally Ho - a 1910(!) gaff cutter I've been palling around with for a few weeks.

Drone photos by her captain, @sampsonboatco
Panama Canal Part 2 Panama Canal Part 2
A couple of weeks ago I made it through the Panama A couple of weeks ago I made it through the Panama Canal, which was a pretty crazy 17 hour day. There are 6 locks in total, divided into 3 groups - 3 locks are at the start, then you end up driving through a manmade channel for miles, before emerging into a manmade lake.

The whole day was so full of huge ships and challenging situations but the feeling of emerging into a NEW OCEAN on the other side is pretty unbelievable

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One of my favourite animals ever, and everywhere h One of my favourite animals ever, and everywhere her in Panama City
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