We went to our 'outside' anchorage in the afternoon to be able to see the coral heads; thinking we'd leave at first light, but it was too rolly so we left at 1 am for our run to Bocas. What a glorious sail so far. Wind 15-20 aft of our beam- reefed main and jib gives us 7-8 knots. Seas are 6-8 ft. pushing us nicely. This is what it's all about...and a full moon to boot! We expect the wind to moderate gradually to about nothing. We hear you always have to motor the last bit to get in. Bocas is on the west end of Panama, near the Costa Rica border. We were hoping to arrive in daylight; but because we're trucking so nicely, it may be a 2 am anchor. We're hoping for a bite on the line that's trailing! Tried playing with the wind vane---no luck yet.
Picture is of 'land ho' Panama...we had good weather until we got close to land. We missed the rain squalls though.!
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