Passage to Panama in a Nordhavn 56 - Ep. 21

fter taking possession of the new to us Nordhavn 56 Motorsailer and getting her all ready to go, we leave the dock in Florida and head south toward the Panama Canal. Our plan was do go from Tampa Florida to Colon Panama, a distance of roughly 1200 nautical miles in one long passage - weather allowing.

We did make it all on once passage and try to share the experience in this video.

The strangest thing that happened on this passage is that we got boarded by people that were likely Nicaraguan military, although they did not behave at all as if they had professional military training. They would not let us take down our sails, rammed into the side of our boat several times, and shook us down for “gifts” before finally leaving. They were basically thugs with uniforms - some might even say pirates. We managed to capture on video the incredibly crazy maneuvers of the boat operator and the boarding party when they finally left.

There are images of killing fish so for anyone who doesn’t want to see it - please skip ahead. Sections as follows:

Fishing 4:04
Nicaragua Military Boarding 7:01
Sailing 10:05
Boat Problems 12:13
Boat Life 14:47

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