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Homeward Bound

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Attachment image.png added. Conversation opened. 2 messages. 2 messages unread. Coco Banderos Islands, San Blas. Photo Shiera Brady From the Skipper of SV Perigee Short version: We’ve made the decision, and are homeward bound . . . Long Version: Greetings from the Atlantic side of Panama, where we have been for since early February, having arrived here sailing in-company with the Ocean Cruising Club’s Suzie Too rally of about 60 boats of various shapes and sizes. You may recall that the Suzie Too rally started in Curacao, then we went to Colombia via Aruba, visiting Santa Marta and Cartagena for Christmas and New Year.  We did a side trip up to Medellin.  An extremely interesting place, as it was, for a while back in the 80’s, the base of the world’s biggest drug cartel, run by Pablo Escobar, if you’re interested.  This town (and Colombia in general) is now on the road to recovery after what was a pretty brutal time, and the scars still run deep throug