AWARD NOMINATIONS 🏆 2024-2025 🐊 MOST UNINVITED VISITORS
AWARD NOMINATIONS 
2024-2025
MOST UNWELCOME / UNINVITED 🐊 VISITOR ONBOARD
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BIRDS NESTING ABOARD IN
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SY REMEDY 
Natalie & Karl – Leopard 45’
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ZORBA saw a large crocodile in the San Blas and shared a picture of this salty croc and its location so that other mariners in the area can be aware of its presence.
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MV MUIRGEN Scot and Laura Beebe 50′ |
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Places where you may see the swallow-tailed gull on passage JUBEL |
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Three tired birds on the boom – 200 nm left to go to the Galapagos |
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All the best on SY AURA |
Birgitta & Lasse – OE32′
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here they come – the “invasion of marshmallows” |
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…After our head suddenly stopped working, we took it apart and found this unwelcome visitor jammed in the intake valve. We pulled him out and dropped him back into the sea where he belongs. Regards, |
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SY BRIGADOON III |
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zero dark thirty – full frontal night assault –SY PATHFINDER |
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SY PHOENIX |
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MY ALGONQUIN |
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SERNEITY
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SV WINE N DOWN Steve – Robertson and Cane 58′
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Marjolaine & Francois- Dufor 43′
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SY ROXXY Dennis & Kelly – Beneteau 52’
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SY MAISON DE SANTÉ Nicole & Keenan- Cal 46′
AWARD NOMINATIONS 🏆 2024-2025 🎖️THE CAPTAIN RON AWARD BROUGHT TO YOU BY NOVAMAR INSURANCE
AWARD NOMINATIONS 2024-2025🎖️
THE CAPTAIN RON AWARD
BROUGHT TO YOU BY NOVAMAR INSURANCE
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After mapping the perfect weather window, confirmed by top meteorologists, we left Colón, Panama, at sunset on Thursday, Jan 23. Destination: Florida. 1,260 nautical miles. But the ocean had other plans… Relentless 25 knot winds, 10 foot waves every 9 seconds meant as soon as we thrashed up one wave, it would crash over our boat and right when we were almost through it, another one would immediately come again. Nordhavn boats are meant to plow through anything safely, but it was rough!” |
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“ Just before losing Starlink, Heather activated her Colombian and world network of legends texting 3 key people, quickly explaining the situation and that we might need help getting into and settled in Colombia. She also spoke via VHF in all the chaos at the helm to a local cargo ship captain who was returning to San Andres (thank goodness she is fluent in Spanish!) This angel followed us for 15 hours to make sure we got safely to shore – especially critical as we did not have electricity at this point. The result of her amazing #dialafriend efforts resulted in the Coast Guard, marina owner, and port officials all prepped and waiting for us, while we were escorted into port, secured dock space (the ONLY space available), and cleared customs like VIPs. Blessed to all who helped us. (Especially Miguel, Ann, Fer, Nana, Catalina, Nene) Exhausted but so grateful. PS. For anyone that knows Heather – she LOVES Colombia and has a strong network of dear friends, some of course even on this small island 80 miles off the coast of Nicaragua in the middle of the Caribbean Sea. We are safe. #gratitude “ |
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MV GRATITUDE |
How it Started- the Plan 
Panama to 
Lifesavers in San Andrés, Colombia
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Captain Ron? Pushing genoa a bit hard off Turtle Cay and blew out clew. “Ah, let’s remove the reef and go for it!” |
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SY SERENITY |
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On the afternoon of 22 July, we moved Fortitude X across the bay closer to the cell phone towers in the village as we watched the clouds developing. Steffi and I were sitting below deck and made sure not to touch any metal. The thunderstorm drew closer, and within minutes it looked like night time. We experienced a sudden flash with no delay between the lightning and thunder and we knew immediately that we were hit.
Date 22 July, 2024 Time: 15:00 LIGHTNING STRIKE |
FORTITUDE X