We started the crossing in Panama on March 19th and it took us 2 days and 2 nights to get to Providencia, a Colombian island near San Andres and Nicaragua. If there was a road and we were driving, it would be about the same amount of time as driving from Tallahassee to Fort Lauderdale. We had rough seas for the first few miles but then it calmed down and we had calm seas the rest of the way, getting calmer as we went. We saw no dolphins or whales or even fish and the trip was pretty uneventful. We didn't even have to tack or jibe which made the trip flat out boring. The most exciting thing was seeing Azonic (our buddy boat who has been with us since the crossing from Cartagena to Panama) on the horizon and counting the minutes before he disappeared again. On the second day the sea was pretty much flat but we had good wind and at a couple places we hit 7 knots. We spotted the island about 1:00 am and arrived at about 3:30 am. We anchored in the dark and went to sleep for the few hours before we had to get up in day light to drive farther in to get out of the swells. We are now in Providencia and will probably be here for about a week before heading over to the Caymans to pick up my brother.
Sorry no pics for this one, it was that boring.
Sorry no pics for this one, it was that boring.
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