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RSSC Diamond Cruising Review
San Blas, Panama
Deserted Island 1/2 Wednesday, February 06, 2002
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San Blas Islands
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After the Panama Canal, our ship headed east by south east into the San Blas islands. We dropped the hook about a kilometer between a deserted island and a village. Some of the passengers went to the village (though 6 foot choppy seas) while I took a zodiac to the deserted island.
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Floating Marina
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Luckily, the Radisson Diamond has it's own floating marina, so some of the crew ferried over some jet skis to the deserted island. Once there, I was jet skiing with a guy who was really quite good. Once back on the shore, I started talking to him-- it was the second in command ! (The captain elected to stay on ship while at anchor)
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After the beach, it was back on board for a nice lunch (sushi) and then tanning. The ship left anchor towards Cartagena at about 2pm. Since the ship only does a 13 knot cruise, it would take at least 16-18 hours. I couldn't help notice while I was on the pool deck, that there were less than 10 people there at any one time-- truly like a private ship. With only 143 passengers on a 460 vessel, there is space galore.
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The entire afternoon we worked out way through the San Blas Archipelago-- a chain of islands that most resemble islands of the south Pacific. The most amazing emerald blue/green water is the predominant color here. Palm trees line the islands as if trying to escape their small spot of sand.
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Evening brought 15 foot Atlantic swells, but the SWATH design of this catamaran ship took it quite smoothly. A SWATH design is like having two submarine hulls underwater, with the ship above. It does not roll like a regular monohull ship, but has a peculiar side to side jerky rhythm which is strange to adjust to albeit very stable.
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Additional
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Deserted Island 1/2
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