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Transiting the Gatun Locks

Feb 26, 2013

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Location: Gatun Lake, Panama Canal, Panama Author: Hannah Mangel Day 37 was one of my favorite days so far on Argo. We prepared the boat to leave Colon and then motored to the entrance of the Panama Canal. There was a lot of information we needed to learn about how to enter the canal properly. [...]

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Sleepy town

Nov 9, 2011

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Location: Deshaies, Guadeloupe Author: Laurie Today was a peaceful day for the Ocean Star shipmates. A good breakfast was followed by a great Marine Biology lecture courtesy of Faloon. The rest of the day was free for everybody to do their own thing. Some shipmates headed off on a dive and practiced their navigation skills, [...]

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Rainy Day in Bequia

Feb 9, 2013

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Location: Admiralty Bay, Bequia Author: Ivy As we sleepily climbed up the companionway at 7:30 this morning, we found the deck wet and the sky gray. Clouds shrouded the pastel houses set in the hillsides around us. Today turned out to be the first rainy day of the trip, but everyone’s spirits ran high. The [...]

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Breaking Down, In Cabs and on the Dance Floor

Oct 7, 2011

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Location: Grenada Author: Michael Grenada is a whole different category of Caribbean island. It’s much larger than any of the islands we’ve been to and is far enough south and out of the way of hurricanes that tons of sailboats fill all the anchorages. Today started with two lectures, biology followed by oceanography. Foofoo (Faloon) [...]

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We really ARRRR Pirates of the Caribbean!

Feb 6, 2013

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Location: Tobago Cays Author: Sam We, yet again, had another fantastic day here on Ocean Star under the warm Tobago Cays sun. We started the morning with a leadership class (SLD) where we furthered our knowledge and understanding of how to not only be an effective leader, but how to be the best ‘tribesmen’ we [...]

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