Jacaranda Journey
Leaving Bahia, Ecuador
with SV Windarra who are heading to Chile
Beautiful sunset at sea
Wind vane
The paddle steers the boat with just the wind
Sammy Swallow
AIS is great equipment
Automated Identification System helps us navegate
Otoque Island
Our anchorage was around the other side away from the village
Freighter parking lot
Just outside of Panama City
Approaching Panama City
Radar screen on approach
That's a lot of red blips!!
Panama City Skyline
Called the "Dubai of the Americas"
Panama City skyline in squall
The buildings disappearing in the downpour
Jacaranda in the squall
We almost disappeared in the rain (Photo: Nancy Jones)
La Brisas anchorage
La Brisas anchorage
Dangerous Dinghy Dock
Slippety ship
The dangerous dinghy dock at Las Brisas anchorage
La Playita dinghy dock
La Playita is another anchorage good in north winds; but the speeding pilot boats mean you can get pooped at anchor.
Flamenco Marina
High priced option
Albrook Mall
Festooned for Christmas
Rainy season isn't over
Afternoon downpour at Albrook Mall
Map of anchorages
Las Brisas and La Playita in the lower left corner, BYC at center left near the bridge
Buoys
At the Pacific entrance to the Canal
Bridge of the Americas
This is the entrance to the Canal from the Pacific side - BYC is to the right
Balboa Yacht Club
Moorings in front of the Bridge of the Americas which is the Panama Canal entrance
Yellow mooring balls at BYC
Balboa Yacht Club
Walkway from the shore to the office and water taxi
BYC office and water taxi
At Balboa Yacht Club
Jacaranda is dwarfed by a freighter
Cruise ship enters the Canal
Another wall of color sliding past us into the Panama Canal
BYC
Ship exiting the Canal
Supply ships at BYC
Bringing provisions to the freighters
Thanksgiving Packing
Bringing back lots of stuff to the US
Carrie Ann Baade
Surrealist painter and art professor, friend of Linda's from the Florence Academy of Art, Italy
"Butterfly Lovers"
by Carrie Ann Baade
BYC Haul out facilities
The large rail is the empty one on the left
Haulout
Tying into the rail to lift Jacaranda out of the water for bottom paint
Tito operating the rail
Haul Out
Chuck, Linda, Sandino and Jacaranda with new bottom paint
Chuck and Sandino
Splashed!
Jacaranda back in the water after our haulout
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