Stuck in Panama!

[boatman61]

Well from where I am Jamaica looks like an easy beam reach this time next week...
Just grit your teeth and go...

[chuckr]

Originally Posted by affe304

Sorry, we are in Bocas, Caribbean side. Thinking about sailing east to the Caribbean such as the BVIs, Antilles etc but the windward passage and the northerns are a bit of a hassle. Anyone with experience going the "wrong way" from Panama towards Jamaica or other eastern islands?


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we did it a few years ago - we left from the San Blas and did a sail to the north side of Jamaica and went in at Bloody Bay - great stop - can't check in there but when the police came out to check on us we told them we sailed across and asked if we could go ashore and they told us to enjoy ourselves - we then sailed up the north side of Jamaica - tip on that - leave at dawn and be in before noon -
it is easy and we were less experienced than we are now but it is a good run - we used chris parker for wx and waited for the right wx window to go

if you have ais it will get a work out in some of the areas approaching Jamaica -