We recently completed a Caribbean Circumnavigation on our 44' trawler. The most recent passage from Panama to the US (in 10 days) was extraordinarily fine and is chronicled on our website. Visit: www.cruisingfrancesca.org Go to the directory and follow the links to Cruising Chronicles, Fall 2004 - Fall 2006, Panama to the US. Ben Schuetz m/v Francesca