Blogs from Gulf of Darien, Caribbean, Oceans and Seas

FREEDOM SEA DAYS – TWO IN A ROW Anyone who has been following my blogs knows how much I enjoy sea days. On the Freedom it’s no different except there are so many more options and yet the ones that appeal to me are basically the same. Sea Day 1 Breakfast in the Windjammer included really good hash. No smoked salmon today but so many other choices are available. MaryLu and I had a two-top by the window and enjoyed a healthy start to the day. Next was a Q&A with the Captain. Rob Hempstead. He is from RI and his career included factory-fishing ships in the Bearing Sea and the west coast of Africa. He has a great sense of humor and was entertaining as well as informative. He explained for Azipods work and what ... read more

Saturday Jan 22nd, 2011 Caribbean Sea: Latitude 13 degrees 33 minutes- Longitude 80 degrees 24 minutes We spent the day yesterday on Grand Cayman Island. The water was that incredible shade of clear blue as we boarded our cramped tender to be ferried into shore. I wanted to simply dive off the edge of the boat and swim to shore, but that would have set off all the alarms for MOB (man overboard). The ride in was short and sweet and the greeting by the locals was warm and not nearly as frantic and menacing as arriving in a Mexican port. The locals definitely wanted our business, but they were polite about it. After running the gauntlet on the cruise ship dock we walked around the small and clean downtown area of Georgetown. Plenty of shopping ... read more