The Pacific by Ally Nobles – Guest aboard Sea Dragon. Day 1/227 Hearing: Andrew Bird – Distant Stations I am living in a dream. Frigates swoop endlessly above. They never flap or flounder. A slight but unwavering breeze is comprisable to carry. The sun is also unforgiving here. — […]
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Radio Sea Dragon part 2
310 to Cabo: A Playlist in Two Parts by Ally Nobles – Guest Crew aboard Sea Dragon. As we pass the half way mark and sail closer to our final destination of Cabo, we would like to share with you some more of the tracks we have been rocking to […]
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Plastic Paradise by Jen Pate – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. “The most important thing we extract from the ocean is our existence.” Sylvia Earle, World Ocean Summit 2014 We’ve reached the halfway point – a day of celebration and appreciation among the small crew on our passage from Panama to […]
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310 to Cabo: A Playlist in Two Parts by Ally Nobles – Guest Crew aboard Sea Dragon. While we have been underway from Panama to Mexico, here are some songs that Ally has compiled from our trip into the Pacific on our northwestern heading of 310 degrees. These songs have […]
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The Pacific by Iona Taylor – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. “It rolls the mid-most waters of the world, the Indian Ocean and Atlantic being just its arms.” ― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale On Tuesday 27th February we left the back drop of the urban metropolis of Panama City, […]
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Goodbye Caribbean, Hello Pacific by Iona Taylor – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. Shelter Bay is a little community marina set out far from civilization in the old US military barracks west of Colon. It has a small boat yard, a pool, restaurant as well as a small selection of stores, […]
Read MoreFarewells, Fair Winds and Following Seas
Gone with the Winds by Iona Taylor – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. So we crossed the Caribbean Sea last week! This was definitely not the peaceful calm week you might imagine but an unexpected and incredibly rewarding challenge giving us a huge sense of achievement. We had 25-40 knots of […]
Read MoreA new calendar year begins..
Happy New Year to each and all Of course, the new calendar year officially starts for all on the 1st January. But for us here at Pangaea, our new sailing calendar comes into effect later in January, after our annual inspections are completed, odd jobs done, decks are painted, lifeboats […]
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