Ben's big catamaran adventure

... written for Panbo by Ben Ellison and posted on Jan 17, 2006

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Well, would you believe that I’m writing this from the cockpit of the Leopard 42’ catamaran above, riding on a mooring at Great Guana Cay, Abaco, Bahamas? Uploading to Panbo via an ISP that’s nicely blanketed the cruising harbors in WiFi? Ha ha! Oh there was the hellish getting here, which included a pre dawn Sunday drive through a sleet storm and idiot me forgetting his passport, which caused a lay over in a grungy Ft. Lauderdale Econolodge, then USAir temporarily ‘misplacing’ the passport my dear wife had driven to Portland and put on a plane. Ah, but did I mention that I’m sitting in shorts and a t-shirt as the sun comes up? So the deal here is that I am attending an Offshore Sailing School Catamaran Live Aboard Cruising Course on behalf of Sail magazine. There’s one other student and an instructor, both fine guys, and I’m excited about sailing one of these beasts. I also brought along a lot of different electronic charts of this area to try out and compare. So, more later…if and when we stop in right place WiFi wise.

Comments

Atta Boy Ben,

Forgetting your passport, man after my own heart.

You are way out there Mr PanBo Boy.
Hope you're well and we need a report on Mill Street upon your return.. Lindquist
You hear about Ocean Planet being bounced on a concrete pier a few days ago??? Bumnmer Man.

Posted by: peter L at January 19, 2006 3:25 PM | Reply

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