Six months after leaving our sailboat in Nicaragua in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Garrett has returned. Read about how he prepared for this trip, where he plans to cruise to next, and why I didn’t go along this time here!
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From Sea to Land: Why We Are Where We Are Today
It has been twelve weeks since Garrett and I returned to the United States from Nicaragua on a repatriation flight. Our sailboat, Thisldu, is still in Nicaragua, where she will be until we can safely return and move her down to Costa Rica. Learn more about our future cruising plans, how we came to live in Charleston, and what the transition from cruising to regular life (*as regular as life can be during a pandemic) has been like in this post.
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What's Next for the Thisldu Crew
Now that we’ve finally made it back from Nicaragua to the United States, I’m sharing where Garrett and I are now calling home and what’s next on the docket for our cruising plans.
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FAQ: Clarifications to Our Cruising and Coronavirus Situation
Garrett and I have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support in response to our situation and endeavor to get home. Thank you. We’ve also received a lot of questions in response to last week’s blog post and two news articles, so we put together this FAQ to answer the most common questions surrounding our current situation. We hope this helps!
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Update to Our Cruising Plans: Coronavirus Edition
When Garrett and I set out on this cruising season, we had the goal of transiting the Panama Canal by April 30, 2020. That isn’t going to happen anymore. We’ve been sheltering in place at a marina in Nicaragua for 45 days, hoping that Costa Rica and Panama might open their borders and allow us to move south. A lot of that hope was lost this week, so, we’ve made other plans. Click here to find out what we plan to do next.
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