A Sailors Bliss in San Blas (Sailing Curiosity

Well, our friends left, so we lost our neighbors, but it is hopefully going to be a beautiful day yet again. I know, there's a few clouds on the horizon, so we'll see, but we are going to explore these islands. Man, it's amazing. It goes from 50, 60, 70 feet or more down to this. I know, you've never done it before, so that's why it's so great to get video. Good job. First time for everything. There's our boat. Way over there. I can't think of anywhere more beautiful you might want to get some exercise. Just watch out for that one bummy right there. It's a whole trash bag. Hot tea and sunscreen? These little islands are interesting. There are supposed to be like 360 or 365, I think, island and keys total through the sandblast area, and it's the Guna people. It's Guna Yala is what they call it, but the Guna people in like 1925, there was a revolt against the Panamanian government, and so they have been left to live as they choose this entire time, so it's kind of cool to have a native tribe or people that are just left to their own traditions, and that's exactly what all of this is. So each of these little tiny blips are inhabited by one of the locals, and they come up to your boat, and they sell us lobster, and fish, and fruit, and vegetables, and Coca-Cola. Whatever you might need. That's kind of how they make their money off of the tourism and the cruisers that come through here, so it is really unique. Very unique. And the music coming from that boat right there is insanely loud. This is a picture-perfect island right behind you. Yeah, absolutely. Some of them, I mean, they're like sandbars, not really islands. This is legit. We need to go left towards the reef, right? Yeah, but we've got to go to get around all of these coral holes. I see coral. I do not see the shipwreck yet. I know, I'm sorry. Somehow, it's always me in the swimsuit. There's some feathery coral. No wreck yet. Sometimes wrecks work out, sometimes they don't. Yeah, this one didn't work out, but it, we didn't have like local knowledge about it or anything. It's just marked on the chart, but there's not much of a wreck there, I don't think. Although, there was something weird with the coral going on, like it had just gotten wiped out, so maybe, maybe there was a wreck and they removed it. I don't know. So, onto a new spot. Yeah. Try another location. Towards the rain over there, or towards the rain over there, or towards the rain over there. Where should we go? Option number two? Rain cloud number two? After a snack. What's up, little thing? Yeah? Ready for a beverage. Okay, water up! Ah, Nikki, our shark's back. You see him? Yep, he just went underneath on that side. I think he usually pops out right over here. Veggie guy is here! Hola! Hola! Can I take a picture? Is that okay? Good? Thank you. What do you have today? Huh? What do you have today? What do you have today? Everything. Everything? Okay. Everything, okay. For the girls. Perfect. Okay, we have to pay the van. 24. 24? 24. Okay. Give me money. 24. Thank you. Do you need a beer? For you. For you? Do you like a beer? Do you want a beer? A first beer from Bahamas. Okay, thank you. Do you like it? Thank you very much. Goodbye. $25, big old bag of fruit and vegetables. I cannot complain about them. Plus, they're always really nice. And, quite literally, to your doorstep. I don't even have to go anywhere. This is, like, my favorite. If every single anchorage had this, nobody would ever want to leave. Radar on. Ah, crap. You really want sunlight for this kind of navigation. And we just lost it. The problem with no sun is it's difficult to see the reef or the sandbar. It all looks the same. You can look at the water disturbances like right there. You can tell it's a really shallow reef because the waves are breaking. Aw, it's starting to rain now. Oh, crap. Can you see the rainbow? Looking good. Plenty of depth. Okay, Niki says we're in the clear. I'll take off my jacket. It's really sad to leave. You know, because it's only been a week. Everybody we met was so kind. Their smiles were so genuine. They didn't harass us too much. Beautiful archipelago. And, you know, we didn't even scratch the surface. So, sometimes you really hate leaving a place when it's time to leave, but we're going to go through the canal. We're going to explore the Pacific side. It's really time to go. Oh, don't be fooled by my sundowner shirt. This is my sun protection shirt right now. It is morning time. No martinis this afternoon. But, lovely place. If you get down here, you can spend a week, a month, a year. Especially with the veggie guys. It's almost downwind. Slightly too much wind for the spinnaker. Let's see what we can do here. My favorite sound. Those engines stopping. Looking better already. I don't know what it's called. It's not barber hauling because that would be taking the extra jib sheet, the unused jib sheet and bringing it all the way around. It's kind of like an easy way to whisker. Ish. Kind of a preventer. Kind of a whisker preventer. It helps get the sail out further. Yes, exactly. It just moves the sail out so it can catch the wind. Now I need to adjust the mainsail. That looks like we're in for a nice downwind sailing day. It's going to be beautiful. Thank you very much for watching. We will see you next. Leave us a comment down below. Helps us out tremendously. Thanks to everyone for making this possible. Thanks patrons.