​The adventures of
Saecwen and her crew

The San Blas Islands comprise an archipelago of over 350 tiny islands on the Caribbean side of Panama, ranging from the tiniest strip of sand with a handful of coconut trees to larger islands a few hundred metres long.  These magical islands are part of the territory of Guna Yala, home to the Guna people, one of the few indigenous communities in Latin America who have managed to preserve the political and cultural autonomy of their land and traditions. Saecwen checking in at

After our 6-night passage to Colombia from Grenada, followed by 2 nights of horror riding out a storm off Santa Marta and the another 2 nights of passage down the somewhat bleak coast of Colombia we were very much ready to ‘land.’ A welcome landfall (finally) Our nightfall arrival to Cartagena was nothing short of dramatic. Firstly, it was raining hard, so no moon to guide us in, secondly, we were met by blasts of 30+ knots of wind as we entered the typical acceleration zone

On 26 th  January Saecwen slipped her mooring off St George’s, Grenada heading due west. After a couple wonderful months in the islands of the Eastern Caribbean, it was time to head back out to sea. Sunset under the twin sails Conditions were near perfect for our departure. Around 15kns of wind from the east were forecast for the coming days and with such ideal trade wind conditions anticipated, as soon as we had cleared the wind shadow of Grenada’s mountains, we set our twin