Dee & Alan Cruising the world on the sailing yacht SUNFLOWER from Sydney, Australia



January - San Blas Islands, Panama




 Feb 1 - Back  to Colon, Panama



February 2 - San Blas




March - Panama Canal Yacht Club Bulldozed





April - San Blas Birthday





May 1 - Leaving the San Blas





May  2 - Arrived in Cartagena, Columbia





June - After a month in Cartagena.




July - After three months in Cartagena.





August - Back in the San Blas!

 



October - San Blas Exploring



 


November - The end of the San Blas - for us




December - Arrived in San Andres

2009 “At this time of year it is hard to pick good weather as the winds are normally against us, so it means beating into the wind with big seas” “One of the people we met at the Club on our first day was Edder, who made our Corian bench top and sinks. The one where the bottom fell out as soon as we left Cartagena)” “He quoted 4 men for a day to wrap the boat!” “Donna is married to a Panamanian and has lived here for 25 years, she is also an events organizer, so this years party looked like it was going to be extra special!” “In the early hours of Friday 27th February with no warning, the Panama Canal Yacht Club was razed to the ground by bulldozers.” “All in all it was quite entertaining, and Alan went out in the dinghy several times to help untangle boats.” “Our inflatable dinghy is like our car, it is essential to go anywhere. However ours is unusual.” “After the show we had a cream tea. A very pleasant way to spend an afternoon!” “We are starting to get a bit of a complex about yacht clubs in our proximity.” “I had a close and rather unpleasant fishy encounter the other day”. “..soon as well as our chums there was a goodly crowd of curious Kunas watching as we emerged sodden and shaken from under the new out-house !” ..the more he said '#$%@ somebody's stolen our boat, the less impossible it seemed..” “...they were quickly rescued, but their home is now at the bottom of the ocean!”