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Leaving Panama

Okay, so I thought a blog about the Panama Canal would be great, but let’s just say the last 24 hours have been a bit of a whirlwind. I’ll save the canal for calmer days. First things first, we’ve got a new crew member! Say hello to Adam, our resident yacht owner and videographer extraordinaire. We’re hoping he can work some drone magic and capture some truly epic footage. My attempts so far have been… less than stellar, and at this stage I am just happy not to have crashed the drone into either the sea or the mast. And then there’s the weather. Oh, the weather. We’ve been spoiled rotten with pretty calm conditions up until now, excluding the few days of 40knts heading to Panama, but at least it was from the right direction. The weather maps and what we are experiencing are very different pictures. Yesterday morning, we were feeling pretty confident as we motored out of the marina. That confidence didn’t last long. Around 2pm, the sky turned an ominous black. It was like someone had f...