Flopper Stopper in a Flap

Turning Your Cruising Dreams Into Reality

English - April 26, 2022 00:07 - 9 minutes - 13 MB - ★★★★ - 1 rating
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The scene is set on an 'open road' anchorage. Jackie and I sit, outside Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador... the day we supposedly finish a two thousand, eight hundred nautical mile journey. This odyssey cruising the ITZC with all its associated calms storms and lighting and running before a hurricane warning - after 4 weeks are nerves are shattered.

We have just missed the pilot to a safe harbour for 30 short minutes.