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4 June 2010 – Loaded onto Dockwise

This posting is in response to a lot of interest in the process of shipping on Dockwise that has been expressed by other cruisers. Arcadia I has been shipped this way four times now, although the first three times were while she was owned by Dave …

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Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-06-08 08:20:00

June 7, 2010Today was a low key day. It rained most of the day an we just lounged around and made preparations for departing. We were informed that Customs was delay due to a mud slide blocking the road and we would have to wait until Tuesday morning t…

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Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-06-08 08:20:00

June 6, 2010We went for a jungle tour on the river over to a resort with a magnificent beach of black sand. The water was warm as a bath tub. The resort was very clean an appeared to be located in the middle of nowhere.

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Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-06-08 08:16:00

June 5, 2010Up early to check out our surroundings. I met an individual by the name of Craig McBride. He is originally from Santa Barbra, California and owns property here in Golfito. He informed us of a nature hike we could do in the rainforest. He sa…

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Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-06-08 07:07:00

June 3, 2010Coiba Island PanamaWe intended to make it to the island by morning, however due to heavy seas, we had to pull back on the throttle. Only making 6 knots over ground moved our arrival to 4:30. We found a snug harbor on the north end of the is…

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Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-06-08 07:07:00

June 4, 201001:00 we pulled up the hook and headed for Golfito Costa Rica. We had planned our arrival to be around noon, but again heavier than anticipated seas add a couple of hours.14:30 we arrived at Fish Hook Marina and were treated with wonderfull…

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Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-06-08 07:04:00

June 2, 2010,We departed Panama early in the morning. We are glad we waited until daybreak as the were a tremendous amount of debris in the water from the run off due to heavy rains. We managed to hit a 55 gallon drum and snag a large garbage bag with …

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Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-06-08 07:01:00

May 30, 2010Up early to greet the new Pilot Captain to take us across Lake Gatun and through the next set of locks. This lockage will be easier as we are going down which creates less turbulence than the up lockage.The journey across the interior remin…

GSSR 2010 No. 10 – Just a quick note

Greetings all!

I’m happy to report that the GSSR group is leaving Nagasaki after three weeks here. As I type this, I am firing up engines.

This next leg is a long one; 250 nm of open ocean heading almost exactly due south. We’ll be traveling for 33 h…

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Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-06-07 08:43:00

May 30, 2010