What do you do for accommodations when you are hauled out? I imagine that can get expensive. Very excited to hear the accounts of the voyage to the Marquesas next year.
I can't wait to hear about the Panama Canal!
Why wait 3 months to go through panama?,
I can guarantee that once you hit the Galapagos and South Pac you would have wished that you transited earlier and made the passage earlier.
Yes World cruising routes suggests that you should make the passage in April. But you can quite happily do it in March or earlier. Also the earlier you get to Panama the less the delay in transit from to many boats!
JW
LOVE that book!!!
I agree with JW, we made our crossing in early March and we had perfect conditions for flying the geni 24 hours a day. Things didn't get sporty till we neared 5 degrees and had to deal with squalls from 12am to 5am for about 4 nights. One day near the equator, we drop all the sails and just sat dead calm and read books and listened to the ipod. Just sitting in the middle of the ocean in 15,000 feet of water 1500 miles from anything was a great experience.