Nexus - Isla Contadora, Las Perlas

Finally out of the anchorage with legal paperwork, we had a beautiful sail down to the northern Las Perlas Islands and are anchored behind Contadora, which we will return to for the rendezvous next week. The sail out of Panama City was largely windless on the stern, but about half way to the islands we picked up 20kts on the beam, and had a nice 9kt sail the rest of the way here! It was wierd to sail ESE from Panama to get to the Las Perlas, but we were grateful for the favorable wind angles to go around the East side of the Islands. Things really started looking up when we caught a nice Long Fin Tuna for diner along the way on a trusty orange rapella! I'm just noticing Seaduced and Clementina on the AIS heading this way, so it looks like we'll have some company!

Contadora is fairly developed due to it's proximity to Panama City power boats, so for a walk on the wilder side, we're on to the south end of Isla Del Ray tomorrow, to explore the river and beaches there and work our way North the rest of the week for the World ARC rendezvous with all of the other boats!

Russ and Laurie on Nexus at 17:41 8 37'N; 079 02'W