Been a wet n' wild few days that's for sure. Had 25-30kts on the beam a couple of nights ago with some big greenies crashing over us, last night had it on the quarter and were surfing and tonight we have eased off for a daylight arrival, happy fecking days.
Surprisingly enough after pulling Sunflower to 1000 pieces over the refit all seems well, was a bloody good sea trial anyway. The new mast compression post base seems all good and everything that bit stiffer so that was definitely worth it, and no leaks except for the cockpit hatches that we need to replace the seal, and then new autopilot which really is awesome. Soon we will start the engine and go inside the passage, switch on the watermaker and fill the tank back up, ha still can't quite believe it, been quite some year.
We are both that crusty from all the salt spray so a good shower and some bacon and eggs and we will be good to go and do the formalities. From what I can gather Panama is going to be one of the most expensive countries we have visited with immigration , permits ect ect adding up to $500US but I think we will get our value out of these islands for sure, they really do look amazing, will let you know
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