Simone and I are heading out through Panama tomorrow and will be cruising through to New Zealand by November 2012 - following pretty much the Coconut Milk Run- to Fiji at least. Would be interested to hear from any members whose track might coincide? David Caukill Roving Rear Commodore

Email from Brian Wallace SV Darramy: Hola Amigos, Well we are now stocked up with food, (enough for 4 months) and are awaiting for a good weather forecast, to set sail to the Galapagos Isles about 900 miles SSW and between 7 to 14 days depending on the wind. We have to cross the ITCZ (Doldrums to us oldies). We have applied for a permit to allow us to stay for up 8 weeks. Then we will set off on our longest passage to the Marqueses hopefully early April. You can track our position and progress on Pangolin click on this link: [url=http://www.pangolin.co.nz/yotreps/reporter_list.php]http://www.pangolin.co.nz/yotreps/reporter_list.php[/url] We are listed under DARRAMY so click and see where we may be, On passage we endeavour to update each day. We hope to leave towards the end of this week if all goes well. So cheers for now Brian and Sue S/V DARRAMY