Our friends on SV Bohemia have a YouTube channel and just released their 100th episode. Coincidentally, it was Matt's birthday celebration in Costa Rica on Matilda. Hope you enjoy watching it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yFLZVjSojs
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San Blas Islands Season Finale!
We had been hearing of the stunning beauty to be found in the San Blas Islands for a few years now. The clear turquoise water, the white sand and the friendly Guna people who inhabit the islands. Very few tourists come here as there are no hotels and limited accessibility. Only those on their own …
The Panama Canal
Transiting the Panama Canal Yes we did it! On May 5th, 2022 Matilda and crew successfully transited the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal is an amazing waterway which was carved through one of the narrowest and lowest saddles of the long isthmus that joins the North and South American continents. It opened to traffic in …
Family visit to celebrate the skipper’s birthday
Brave sisters and their partners traveled long distances to visit us in Costa Rica. This was no easy feat. They all used part of their scarce vacation time to join the birthday celebration. Flights departed from Newark, Nashville and Charlotte all bound for San Jose, Costa Rica. An overnight in San Jose was required and …
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A Bunch of YouTube Sailing Royalty is HERE!
We have met many fascinating people on our journey and everyone has a story to tell. Most of us keep our families updated and hope that our friends like our instagram posts and read our blogs. We take some photos and call home when we can. Then there are the super-achievers, yes these are the …
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You Won’t Believe This – But it is True
Yesterday we met a British guy name Craig who recently sailed with his wife aboard their Beneteau 46 from Europe, down the Atlantic, around Cape Horn, up the West Coast of South America to Panama and is now anchored next to us in Golfito, Costa Rica. His wife gave birth to their son last year …
Anchor Stuck – Unusual Stress Relief
Much of the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica is uncharted or has charts created by the British Admiralty in the 19th century which are entirely inaccurate. We do have satellite images, but they don't show the depth of the water. Most of the information we have is gleaned from a guide book written in the …
Pura Vida
We have been trying to live the Pura Vida life in Costa Rica but first we had to find the Costa Rica we were expecting. We started our journey in the north and have travelled over 300 nautical miles down here to Golfito in Bahia Dulce. Distance on sailboats is not just measured in miles …
Making Ice – A Technical Discussion
Matilda derives her energy for all shipboard systems from diesel fuel. Today I was explaining to Fiona the energy requirement to make ice for cocktails. At first, she said she didn’t care how much energy was required, either we have ice for cocktails or we sell the boat. As I continued to explain the physics …
Fiona and Pippa the Pirate are back !!!
We are back, after six weeks off the boat it feels like a big deal to be back on Matilda. Matt and his merry band of sailors did a fine job of delivering Matilda safely to Marina Papagayo in Costa Rica. In fact, the boat looks so amazing they deserve a medal! The past six …
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