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Please help us find our cat. We are a group of international surfers, from America, Australia, New Zealand and Norway, sailing around the world on our French catamaran “Natural Mystic” and enjoying the great waves and wonderful people of Tahiti. We all love Tahiti and for us it is the best place we have ever [...]

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Our trip through the Marquesas, Tuamotus and Society Islands was one of the most incredible experiences of my life and I will try to write vivid posts of our trip in the short time we have left in Tahiti (we could only get 90 day visas), so keep checking back and I promise we will have some new posts filled with adventure, drama and Ben’s great photographs soon enough…. It was, so wonderful to share good times with such great friends from home and I just wanted to say a big Thank You Bros for your great spirits, friendship, help and acquiring and lugging all the crap we need to Tahiti for us. You’re truly missed and we all want you to come back and visit as soon as your wives will let you.

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Frenzy gripped the crew of the “Natural Mystic”, everyone was doing their part, chore, task, girl. Getting her prepped and ready for the 3,000 plus nautical mile passage to the Marquesas and our entry into magical French Polynesia. We shot around town like sailors possessed by Davey Jones, doing everything we needed to, in order [...]

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I hope my love for the cruising of Panama altered their plans a little, as they were planning on just passing through, but there is just so much to see and do their, and the anchorages of Panama are so peaceful and pristine, when compared to the Caribbean Islands. We shared our passion for the Chicken Cart with them and it looks like they too have adopted it as their favorite eatery here…. Who knows what would have happened if we had met under more traditional circumstances, but I guess that’s the life of a sailor and some times its truly sad and all you can do is shed a tear or two and hope the passage to and the arrival in the next port will help you get over it. We know the world is a small place and we all hope our paths will cross again.

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The authorities gave us twenty days to live it out here and we have been here for twenty-three days now, but because we paid a little extra and used an agent to clear into the country, who happens to be great friends with the Port Captain, it was no problem to extend our stay a for little extra time while we wait for some necessary engine parts to be “fabricated” and who knows just how long that will take…. We can’t explore the islands on the “Natural Mystic” as they have limited the number of anchorages you can visit to, two and even then you can’t go from one to the other, you are required to stay where you first clear in. This is both to cut down on yachts disturbing wildlife, polluting pristine anchorages and also serves their economy quite well, as you have to use local tourist boats to tour the islands, thus creating full employment for all the locals.

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Our time in Panama was up. The ever-pumping surf had decimated us into useless lumps of surf-induced soreness, but with all the left over stoke still fueling and driving us. Our quest for new lands and adventures will continue. So, with a quick trip into the local store to grab some, potatoes, eggs, hot sauce [...]

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The entire crew had a fun time in Panama City, hanging at Benigans restaurant, using up its free Wi-Fi and basking in its air-conditioned glory. I can’t say we will miss the hustle and bustle of this towering city and getting hassled by the man, but we will miss its beautiful girls and the [...]

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As I eat the last of the gleaming, golden Dorado we caught in the Las Perlas Islands out on the edge of the vast Pacific Ocean, I can’t help, but reflect on what we have accomplished. The other night Ben and I were watching the Los Angeles Lakers play the Boston Celtics for the NBA [...]

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In the twilight of morning as the sun approached, I woke to realize this life we’re living is nothing short of remarkable.
Our trip to the Las Perlas islands was a incredible. The passage there tested our nerve as we navigated through a maze of lumber washed into the sea by a recent storm.  We [...]

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I officially realized we would actually get to transit the Panama Canal and our Canal Agent Pete Stevens of Delfino Maritime Agency was “da man”, with the arrival of the four, 125 Ft. dock lines and 10 tires to the Natural Mystic. This cost me a reasonable $30 and a six-pack for the delivery boys. [...]

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