A WILD Island - Linton Bay Excursion, Howler Monkeys & Lazy Rivers (Seq 16) | Buying a Catamaran

We are in Panama and discuss Season Pass, a Leopard 44 Sailing Catamaran, and its condition. We spend the day with the guys from the marina and they take us out on a day long adventure, exploring Panama and the Linton Bay area. We enjoy a Couples Day with great people out on the water.
We leave the Panamarina and view the boat from the exterior for the 1st time. We look at the cabin windows from the exterior as well, as they were replaced. We found out it was cheaper for the owners to fly to South Africa and pick up the windows and fly back with them to Panama as checked luggage, than it was for paying for shipping from South Africa. They imported a surfboard according to Panama Customs.

We take the tender out through mangroves and into a lazy river, known as Canales Cristalinos, and we anchor and take a short swim in a real jungle river… amazing. We wish we had our Gopros. Everything was filmed with our cell phones; we were not prepared for this level of adventure. We thought that we were just going to look at a boat… you never know what adventures are waiting to be had. This trip we packed lightly, but maybe a little too lightly.

We then made our way to a small beach that was protected from the full force of the ocean by a shallow reef. There was part of a tree trunk just off the beach. Our photos make this look deceptively small. It is about the size of a small car and we have no clue how it got here. We also go to Linton Bay Marina and to get fuel and head to Isla Grande. We walk along the beachfront and stop for a light lunch. Between the little Spanish Mike knows and the doing his best to try new things, he somehow ordered a dish with octopus… that’s not something he will eat. We make the most of everything and had a great time and take a few photos of the beautiful coastline and us!

On our way back to the Panamarina, we saw monkeys in the treetops of Isla Linton. Brittany gets the courage to feed a wild monkey a few pistachios and we watch a local share oranges with other monkeys as well. We could not have asked for a better experience, and seeing those monkeys was completely random.

After returning from our day out on the water we enjoy the underwater lights under the boat and seeing the sea life it attracts. It is a very cool feature to have on any boat! We have our final meal at the marina and start packing for our next adventure. In the next 24 hours we will travel through 4 countries, to make our way to Tortola in the British Virgin Islands.

These are our Sequence of Events!