March 2, 2012
All is ready for the long sail to San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos. We decided to make one more stop on Contadora island to rest for the night. We weighed anchor at 0900 hrs this morning and set sail for Contadora (8-37.2' N 79-02.2' W). The island is only 38 nm distant from Las Playitas so we set the main and jib to a N'ly wind and had a wonderful sail there.
We dropped anchor at 1715 in a beautiful cove overlooking the the town. Unfortunately, we didn't launch the dinghy and go ashore but the Las Perlas Islands deserve a considerable amount of time to explore. Being so close to the mainland of Panama, they appear to be either uninhabited or very small development. We would consider sailing them at some time in the future but that will never happen as we would have to circumnavigate the globe to get back there.
All was quiet in the anchorage of Contadora and we had a good night's sleep before the long voyage to the Galapagos.
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