By Captain John Today we had an interesting encounter that was a bit out of the norm. It was mid afternoon and I had just settled into the comfy pilothouse Stidd...

This morning before our departure from Panama we filled up the fuel tanks aboard Warbird to the top. On paper, the boat can hold 6800 gallons of diesel fuel. Today will...

Panama is in the rear view mirror..

Before the start on any of our long ocean legs we will spend a few hours checking all systems aboard and prepping the boat. The following are just some of the...

After a few requests, I thought it would be fun to devote a portion of the bog to the extensive equipment and machinery found aboard “Warbird.” We will begin with basics...

After a bit of down time yesterday, the crew is back at it prepping “Warbird” for the next leg of our journey. In addition to the normal trip prep, we have...

Crew went out for a night on the town… Taylor and Ricardo enjoying a well deserved evening out!

By Captain John It doesn’t matter how new or impressive of a boat you’re on, a boat is a boat! This means constant maintenance and fixing of small glitches. Yesterday evening...

After the transit of the Panama Canal, “Warbird” pulled into Flamenco Marina on the south side of Panama City. Despite the lack of shore power at the dock and extreme surge...

Here is the pilot departing “Warbird” after our canal transit. “Warbird”maintains speed while the pilot boat comes alongside. Panama Canal pilot departing Warbird!