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Tag: Anchoring and mooring

Our niece, Jorja, from Calgary in front of the Bridge of the Americas, Panama.
09/26/202505/04/2026 Lorraine Escher

Crossing the Panama Canal Doesn’t Just Move Your Boat from One Ocean to Another — It Moves You to a Completely Different World

Diver Michael and Lorraine watch the Mantus anchor retrieval from the bow.
09/18/202502/18/2026 Lorraine Escher

Part 3: Diving for a Lost Anchor: A Salty Ballad from Phuket

105-lb Mantus Anchor with anchor chain
09/13/202503/12/2026 Lorraine Escher

Part 2: Losing our Ground Tackle: A Continuation of our Malaysian Anchor Chain Debacle

Rick Escher, sailor, skipper, husband amazing human
09/05/202503/10/2026 Lorraine Escher

Part 1: Re-galvanizing our anchor chain. What could possibly go wrong? Adventures at Pangkor Marina Malaysia.

05/24/202310/13/2025 Lorraine Escher

We have stopped for the night, 60 nm to Savusavu, Fiji

05/19/202305/05/2026 Lorraine Escher

Sailing at night – New Zealand to Fiji

07/25/202003/18/2026 Lorraine Escher

Waiting for Gonzalo

10/16/201701/27/2026 Lorraine Escher

The Aftermath of an Oil Spill in Trinidad

02/04/201701/24/2026 Lorraine Escher

‘Mayors’ of the harbour in the US Virgin Islands

11/14/201606/19/2026 Lorraine Escher

Heavy Rain Closes School in Luperón, and Our Kids Vote, “Yay!”

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