On the 9th February we left Portobelo for Shelter Bay Marina at Colon, Panama. We had a lovely sail in 10 -15kn northerly winds. As we neared the entrance there were ships everywhere. We arrived early afternoon.
Once in Shelter Bay Marina it was time to work. Firstly it was time to give the boat a thorough fresh water wash as we had only had a few light rain showers over the last 6 months. Then we needed to get the boat hauled out for antifouling and to investigate a vibration problem from the propeller. Also the topsides needed a good polish. We also helped Aurora B and innforappeny go through the Panama Canal as line handlers.
Once the boat was hauled we found that the bearings were shot on our Autoprop. We emailed the manufacturer for replacements and sent several follow-ups but it took them a week to respond. This was too late to get the parts before we were to go back in the water. We replaced the Aurtoprop with the boat’s original fixed 3 blade prop.
The area around Shelter Bay was mostly jungle and we saw white face monkeys, howling monkeys and anteaters.
We went shopping for the trip across the Pacific and spent almost US$800! This didn’t include our frozen or fresh foods which we’ll buy before we leave.
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