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Natural Mystic’s transit of the Panama Canal went smoothly and was a real experience.  We are currently in the Pacific Ocean and have been working on the boat getting her ready for more adventuring.  I will try to put up a detailed post in a couple of days, but as Sandor leaves on Saturday we [...]

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Bocas es Amor. That is exactly my feeling. Bocas showed us nothing but love from both locals and tourists alike. Everyone is there to have a good time and get into the Rasta vibes and Caribbean Rhythms. Our friend Ras Tourty who was the first person we met in Bocas, in a surf shop and [...]

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So we walked on looking for it maybe somewhere else and way up the island there it was right were we locked it up, at an identical looking public dingy dock, much further away then we thought, we were super happy again and I guess time just flies when your having fun. Then like, partying at aqua, everyone having a good time, just taking over the dance floor and we all decide to go back to the Natty M for the after hours party with our crew which has lately included the Canadians of Ryan, Davis and Maggie of Fidelity, who have their own dingy.

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Vicious crocodiles and cayman are the least of our worries in Bocas Del Toro. Rather its cougars that prowl the streets, restaurants and waterfront bars waiting to attack the crew of the Natural Mystic. Apparently the supple young male flesh of the Natty M boys is found irresistible by these opportunistic predators and [...]

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“It doesn’t even feel like you’re on a boat.” Kahlil says, as we lay propped up on various cushions, and beanbag chairs. Relaxing in a wondrous lethargy, on our moist backs, staring upwards at the enveloping jungle overhead, in awe of the sheer stillness of the place, but enthralled by the cacophony of sounds [...]

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I will endeavour to give you a more personal and introspective view of life aboard the Natural Mystic, and I’ll try to come unstuck from dry facts and linear narrative.

Back in Latin America, land of sweaty tropical jungles, tall mountains, stark deserts, an ethnic mish-mash of people dark and fair, biodiversity such that it could [...]

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We shoved off the dock at Falmouth Harbor, Antigua at high noon on Tuesday, and headed out into the deep blue Caribbean Sea, headed for Colon, Panama with our crew of 4 ready and excited for what King Neptune might have in store for us. The day was a beauty; winds were northeast at [...]

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Hi there folks.

You are listening to the Natural Mystic frequency,
Transmitting good vibrations across the sea.

Now listen of a time
Steeped in brine
From east to west
Unlike the rest
We never rest
Or feel unrest
In search of breasts
And breaking crests
From perfect lefts
Not left bereft
Just under slept.

We ride the waves
For days and days
Coated in spray
Till far away
We wish and pray
A sunshine [...]

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Pananananama!!! Were here and all made it safe and sound.  Winds were a little lighter than expected, so it took a couple more days than we hoped, but was the best passage of the Natty M, so far.  We got a couple of things to get sorted and will write in more detail later, but [...]

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Hey there everyone. First off let me apologize for deleting like 20 of your guys’ last comments, it was a mistake that can’t be undone, so keep em coming and I’ll try not to do that one again. Second, be sure to check the December 1969 Archive as all our Sat phone posts get [...]

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