Through the Corinth Canal to Galaxidi - Sailing Greatcircle (ep.124)
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- This episode is dedicated to our friends Mario & Nina who where attacked a couple of days ago in Panama by 6 armed robbers who took everything. The damage is huge and the continuation of their journey is at stake. You can make a big difference in becoming a Patron via / overview
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In the meantime we crossed the Corinth Canal to Galaxidi, with our thoughts 5000 miles west.
This was posted on Seatramp’s facebook page not long ago and explains everything “Hello everybody, a few of you already heard what happend from our friends. We could manage to borrow a phone to give you an update.
We were boarded and robbed on Saturday evening in Panama, in the Bay Bahia Nombre de Dios.
But let’s start at the beginning.
Around 11am we left our anchorage in front of Marina Linton to sail to the San Blas Islands. As we set sails and wanted to stop the engine, it was not possible. The switch didn’t work. After a short discussion we decided to stop in the next bay and try to fix the problem. We know that there is nothing on the San Blas islands and we didn’t want to have there engine problems.
It took quite a while to find out that the switch behind the panel was broken. Mario fixed it but it took some time. It was already 5pm. Sunset is at 7pm and we wouldn’t make it to San Blas during daylight. It’s to dangerous to arrive there in the night as all charts are not 100% presize.
We anchored in front of a small town. We considered it’s safe to stay overnight if we lock ourselves in the boat when we go to bed.
Around 7.30 pm, we just finished our dinner and we’re both down in the galley to wash the dishes.
We suddenly heard a noise on the deck. In the same moment we could here a fast boat stopping close to us. Mario jumped out into the Cockpit. 2 guys were already on board and hold a gun into his face, tried to push him back into the boat. He yelled to me that I should run into our cabin and look the door.
After a few minutes I had to open the door, 6 people on board holding Mario a gun to his head. Should I stay in the cabin? No. Boat doors are not made to hold when you kick long enough against them. So I opened the door. I thought maybe cooperation is the best way.
The guys opened every storage and found a lot of technical stuff. Smartphones, Laptops, Tablets, Cameras, Satellite phone and much more. Including all the hidden security copies we made on hard disks. All credit cards are gone. A little bit money is left.
To end the story, after 45 Minutes on board, they bondaged Mario and two of the guys threw me into one cabin. They were high on drugs and out of control. They tried to rape me, but luckily the „boss“ of them stopped it. They all left the boat and during that they activated the stolen EPIRB. A mayday was directly sent to the MRCC Germany, they contacted our emergency contact and in a few minutes it was clear that we must have a big problem as our EPIRB was sending from land.
To make the story even sadder, the Panamainan coast guard was informed by the MRCC. The next office was 3 miles away. Nothing happened. After we were free again we lifted the anchor as I just wanted to go back to Marina Linton to get some help and try to manage to block all our bank accounts. On this 7 miles trip we were sending Pan Pan via VHF and issued a DSC distress messages too. We could see container ships on the AIS. Nobody was responding.
We are now back at the anchorage and try to sort things out. We have to check if the insurances will pay for it or not. But it looks to be more complicated then we thought.
For the moment we are not sure what we will do. If we will continue our travel or prepare the boat to sell it. We need some time to forget the shock and get organized again.
We are really overwhelmed about the solidarity and support we have recieved. The generous donations you made even before we could tell you what happened are very appreciated and leave us speechless. It will help to cover the financial loss and replace parts of the stolen gear.
Your kind messages help us to stay positiv and keep the head up.
We truly appreciate your support and kindness. We will keep you updated as soon as possible.
Nina & Mario
Glad you guys are safe now, what an awful thing to have happened to you both. Stay strong, you have each other and our thoughts are with you. Don't let this spoil your dreams . Best wishes.
Es ist unglaublich, was ihr schon alles erlebt habt! Man muss Ziele haben. Ihr seid mir erst im Dezember 2020 aufgefallen, aber super Videos. Die Drohnenflüge sind wirklich top. Ich habe dolles Fernweh. :-)
Wow, the recordings of the drone frome the corinth canal are amazing.
That is terrible news. We hope they have a speedy recovery and back in the water soon. #Bastards
Great vlog, once again guys !! :-) Love the visuals from the canal. Aaaamazing !!!
Thanks Mark & Marijke for sharing the news about what happened to us in Panama
You will always have a big place in our ❤️
Hope to see you soon, stay safe!
That’s awful and really sad. I hope they are ok though and didn’t get hurt from those bastards. Sorry to hear.
On a better note your drone footage was absolutely stunning, well done. Best wishes to your friends and to you guys too. Thanks and best from HKG 🇭🇰
Great Circle. More information on Seatramp please. Where in Panama did it happen? In harbor or off shore? Were they hurt? What was stolen etc.
They survived, everything portable was stolen, close to something with aan L
Bonjour,
je vous suit depuis un moment maintenant et je ne me lasse pas, vous me faites toujours autant rêver.
Le jour ou je franchirais le pas d'acheter un catamaran, je me permettrai de vous demander des conseils.
Et les vidéos avec le drone (DGI Phantom, je crois) c'est juste magnifique.
Par contre je pense avoir vu toutes vos vidéos plusieurs fois et je vois très peu de poissons pêchés, alors que vous avez des cannes que vous n'aviez pas au début, j'ai juste le souvenir du thon que vous aviez pêché à la traîne, après le passage du détroit de Gilbraltar.
Cordialement, Elie.
Yes we’re not much of a fisherman 🙈🙈🙈😂
J’aime la 52S plus que la L39 (Breinwave), mais la Norvege est si joli. Je pense c’est peutetre mieux regarder les videos de Breinwave le premier fois que la video plusieur fois.
Mark & Marijke
@@CatGreatcircle
thank you very much, i did not know your other youtube channel.
I'm going to watch them, thanks again for everything and I hope you'll never stop ...
La meme canal autre playlist...
verry said news about nina and mario hope they go on, bart sv maururu
We hope so too, the support campagne to keep them going has started off pretty good
We hope so too, the support campagne to keep them going has started off pretty good
Loved the drone footage in the canal. Also, thank you for additional information on Nina and Mario, and the link to the go fund me page.
Amazing!
Good vid ya'll.
Sorry but I didn’t see anything relating to such an unfortunate situation, am I missing something? Maybe a language barrier?? xx
It happened 5000 miles away whilst life goes on on this side of the Atlantic. We just want to mobilize every support available. Just spoke to them and they’re trying to get back on their feet emotionally. Must have been really scary.
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Cat Greatcircle yes, dreadful for anyone out there in the middle of the ocean. Hope it doesn’t spoil their adventure.
That's why I always carry a gun. And I don't take prisoners either. Fact.
Sure. Sounds smart against 6 armed Panamees, if you’re name is Rambo that is.
If they would have had a weapon they would have been dead now.
@@CatGreatcircle Am not even going to respond to that, It's the stupidest reply I ever heard.
@@TheDrloboski You play too many video games.
@@oceandrew Am 65, I assure you, I don't play games. Of any kind. You know, there are people that have sailed and never were seen again. It be a cold day in hell before I ever get robbed or my woman gets rapped. These people were exstreamly lucky. As a rule they hold you for ransom or kill all the witnesses. You might surf UA-cam a little better and watch a few of these people in sailboats and watch them fire one or two warning shot over the thugs heads. For my self, I'll always be a survivor, Not a victim.
@@TheDrloboski Glad you have it all figured out. If or when you are confronted in such a life threatening manner I hope, for your sake and your close ones, that things go as planned... as things always do for sailors at sea.