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Mark Moxon's Travel Writing

Panama: San Blas to Cartagena

The yacht leaning to starboard; it would often lean a lot more than this
The yacht leaning to starboard; it would often lean a lot more than this

Let me make one thing perfectly clear: I do not like ocean passages. Back in 1997, after crossing half the Pacific from New Zealand to the Gambier Islands, I wrote, 'I don't regret going. I'll just never get on an ocean-going yacht again.' And here I am, on an ocean-going yacht again. What the hell just happened?

Jan trimming the sails, with a little help from Mark
Jan trimming the sails, with a little help from Mark
One of the smaller boats in the shipping lane in Cartagena
One of the smaller boats in the shipping lane in Cartagena
Fuerte de San Fernando guards the northern shore of the Bocachica entrance to Cartagena
Fuerte de San Fernando guards the northern shore of the Bocachica entrance to Cartagena
Fuerte de San Fernando
Fuerte de San Fernando
A large ship leaving Cartagena
A large ship leaving Cartagena
Approaching Cartagena
Approaching Cartagena
A naval ship in Cartagena
A naval ship in Cartagena
Bahiía de Cartagena
Bahiía de Cartagena
Jan and Holly guiding The Black Dragonfly into the harbour at Cartagena
Jan and Holly guiding The Black Dragonfly into the harbour at Cartagena
The Black Dragonfly at the end of the trip
The Black Dragonfly at the end of the trip