by SAILING ANIMA | Sep 19, 2026 | ADVENTURE
September 19th, 2026 All because of a $25 Oil Filter – Stuck in Paradise There are certain problems you expect when living on an old sailboat. Something will eventually break. Something will leak. Something will make a strange noise that wasn’t there...
by SAILING ANIMA | Jun 7, 2026 | ADVENTURE
June 7th, 2026 From Starfish Beach to Dolphin Bay — two weeks of paddling, hiking, and letting the boat lead the way. Leaving Starfish Beach always feels like closing a good book. You’re not really ready, but the story is pulling you somewhere new, even if you...
by SAILING ANIMA | May 3, 2026 | ADVENTURE
May 3rd, 2026 From Starfish Beach to the hidden shores of Bastimentos — a slow, sweaty, beautiful adventure. The anchor came up dripping somewhere between early morning and the rest of the world waking up. Starfish Beach was behind me now — that dreamy stretch...
by SAILING ANIMA | Apr 19, 2026 | ADVENTURE
April 19th, 2026 Bocas del Toro has a way of shifting gears just when you need it to. After the raw, adventurous energy of Isla Bastimentos, it was time to weigh anchor and find a corner of the archipelago where the pace slows down to the speed of the tide. That...
by SAILING ANIMA | Apr 12, 2026 | ADVENTURE
April 12th, 2026 Replacing Teak with EVA Foam: A Cockpit Upgrade in Bocas del Toro Life in Bocas del Toro has its own rhythm—and lately, that rhythm has been testing my patience. What started as a simple cockpit upgrade turned into one of those projects that drags on...
by SAILING ANIMA | Mar 29, 2026 | ADVENTURE
March 29nd, 2026 Dolphins, a $5 Lobster, and a Village I Can’t Stop Thinking About The wind had other plans that day. Or rather, it had no plans at all. We left Linton Bay with hope in our sails and ended up motoring most of the way to Bocas del Toro, the...
