After two years in Panama, we are finally taking SV Enjoy and transiting from the Caribbean side to the Pacific side of Panama via the Panama Canal today and tomorrow. Our good friends, Susan Zimmerman and Bill Tham will be … Continue reading ALERT: TODAY, CANAL CROSSING, BE THERE!
So in our travels lots of people have asked what our life is like, who we hang with, and where do we go. So we put together this 6 minute video to summarize it. You’ll see images from 2015 to … Continue reading Short video of last 5 years
Over the last two days, I (Don) gave a pair of seminars on opencpn at Shelter Bay Marina. The purpose was to review some of the features I had found useful in opencpn, help people upgrade to Version 5, and provide troubleshooting support. I asked folks to bring computers and then brought Version 5 plus a wide range of maps and charts on a thumb drive so folks could download during the seminars. Satellite charts come as .kap and .mbtiles There have been, and is now an ever growing, collection of satellite charts that are geo registered and can be … Continue reading Highlights from my Opencpn navigation and AIS backup seminars
Crossing tonight! It was a great run, these past 6 months in the Bahamas. Wow, does time fly! After being bitten by no-see-em’s all night in Allans-Pencicola, we are staging in Great Sale Cay and depart in the next hour. … Continue reading Rolling home, rolling home, rolling home across the sea
What is hurricane season anyway? For cruisers, each boat insurance policy defines hurricane season differently. Ours starts July 15 through November 1. Currently, S/V Enjoy must be North of the Florida/Georgia line during hurricane season. Yes, we could change that. … Continue reading We’re coming home!
