Iridium on Carrousel now up and running

Right, you can now follow us online! When we leave, hopefully Monday afternoon or Tuesday, you can track us at: https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/Carrousel/

Fingers crossed it actually happens, because yesterday Rudolf discovered a small coolant leak on the engine, so the Australian mechanic is coming over this afternoon to take a look.

Last night we saw the sloth again, the same one we’d spotted the day before, only this time it was making its way along the overhead power line.

This morning we’re popping over to have a look at the canal locks, I’m curious. My first impressions of Panama are a bit confusing: there must be a hundred skyscrapers, but up close it’s all rather shabby and haphazard. The temperature (low, 22-27 degrees Celsius) and the wind (plenty of it, force 5) are unusual; there’s a hurricane heading for the US East Coast, which causes a wind inversion in the Caribbean, and that sucks wind across the narrow mountain ridge of Panama.