Before I continue with the itinerary, let's have a tour of our sailing boat Micamale.

Micamale is a 50ft Beneteau and was built in 2006. It has 4 double bed cabins and 4 en suite bathrooms, each with a shower. Each cabin has a fan, storage compartments and light. No proper windows, just hatches to let some air in. It is a fancy boat and is considered a luxury boat among other budget sailing boats that sail on this route.

Micamale


Mast


Sail and flag of Panama. There also was a flag of Colombia. The crew told us that they use the flag to show the direction of the cruise.


Front deck and kayak


View towards the rear part


Tulku enjoying the deck life


Rear deck: the wheel, the bench and the table. The table was expanded for meal times.


Rear deck: both wheels, both benches and the table.


Rear part of the boat and the dinghy


Emergency exit or the hatch. All 4 guest cabins had big overhead hatches. The 5th cabin for the crew also had a hatch that was used as a door to enter/exit the cabin. The crew cabin had a toilet (no shower), storage space and a bed above the toilet. The crew didn't use the bed (only Felipe used it few times), they slept mainly on the deck outside and all the guests were jealous of them. It was very hot in our cabins and there was a nice cool breeze outside. They didn't let us sleep outside due to the security reasons and I fully understand them. We're not used to the boat and when it's dark and/or the sea is rough it gets pretty dangerous to be outside.


Main cabin inside: kitchen and seating area. The weather was good all the time, so we never used this table.


Stove in the kitchen. I was amazed by this technology. Even when the sea was rough, they were cooking with no problems!


Main cabin inside: seating area and captain's office aka charging station. The power supply was very scarce during the trip, so we did all the charging on the last day.


The caption next to captain's office. The captain told us the main rule of the boat before the trip: you can't drink captain's beer, but he can drink your beer.


Our cabin: the bed. We occupied one of the rear cabins, they both had low ceilings. We had to crawl to the sleeping position. When I first saw it, I wasn't very happy, but it turned out to be just fine and didn't cause me any inconvenience. Two front cabins didn't have low ceiling.


Our cabin: the bed and the closet. There was plenty of storage space in the cabin and it was made very thoughtfully: you could secure your stuff and nothing went flying when the sea was rough. On the right side there is a door to our private bathroom with shower. Private bathrooms turned out to be awesome feature when the seasickness had started. The shower was hand held. The water supply was also scarce, because there were 5 days and nights without harbouring, but I had a quick shower at 4 days from 5 to wash the salt water from the body. Sorry, but I forgot to take pictures of the bathroom.


Storage area in our cabin. There were two more shelves next to these. There was safety equipment on the shelves and Tulku declared one of the shelves as her private bed. We were happy with this arrangement, because it meant that Tulku will stop trying to sleep on our pillows.