Finally sailing again! ...fine weather for beating into the trade winds.

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After what feels like weeks of waiting, we are finally putting some miles under the keel again. We're on our way to Guna Yala (the San Blas islands), sailing upwind along the North coast of Panama. We haven't done a great deal of upwind sailing on this voyage so far, but that's about to change - Antigua is 1000 miles directly upwind, and the Caribbean trade winds are strong, squally, and often bring big seas. Today is good practice for us, beating into a relatively comfortable 15 - 18 knots with moderate seas, 2 reefs in, 5 - 6 kn boat speed, and ironing out all sorts of little issues that come up.

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Schooling batfish (aka spadefish) is a regular sight in Indonesia. They usually hang out close to islands, sometimes right up in the shallows. This school of batfish were filmed in Misool, Raja Ampat.