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We motorsailed 45mi. to Escudo de Veraguas, with variable winds and light rain when we approached the island. This is a 2.5 mi. long densely wooded island, about 10 miles from the mainland. We hear it's a great place to bird watch and explore by dinghy, with Booby Cay one of the tiny islands that dot the coral shelf. With the skies so gray, we may just rest up to make the 100 mi. leg to the Rio Chagres.
Of amazement to me is how far from shore the local fishermen go in ulu's (a sailing wooden like canoe, but sails are down when they fish); they get lost in the swells--they do the disappearing act real well. We motored past a group of them.....it was hard to keep track of where they were!
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