bringing sexy back— arrivals and departures

January 13, 2026

Six days into the second leg of Trilogy VI’s journey home, the rhythm offshore is starting to settle in. Departures blur into arrivals. Watch schedules become routine. From Panama City to Costa Rica’s Papagayo coast, this leg has been about transitions — crew changes, provisioning, problem-solving underway, and the first deep exhale after casting off lines again. Below is the crew’s update, shared exactly as it came off the boat.

“Pura Vida from Costa Rica! We are about 6 days into the second leg of our journey so far and have travelled 700 nautical miles up the coast from Panama City, to Papagayo Costa Rica.

The crew all met up in Panama Tuesday afternoon when Kuki’i and I (Chancey) flew in to swap out Chris and Amy. The six of us shared stories and plenty of laughs over dinner followed by a late night out in Panama City. Wednesday morning we got to work finalizing our provisions: a hefty trip to the grocery store, 1,600 gallons of fuel, and 540 gallons of water to begin our journey up the coast. We said our goodbyes to Chris and Amy, as the four of us (Captain Michael, Gabriel, Kuki’i and I) cast off our lines with our sights set on Marina Papagayo, Costa Rica.

Night one underway we experienced some large rolling waves that quickly shaped up for a beautiful several days on the water. Mostly variable winds and calm seas allowed us to make delicious meals, catch a few fish on the handlines, and for Kuki’i to crank out several songs on her new ukulele. During the daytime we have four hour watches, and our nighttime shifts at the helm fall to just three hours long. This allows us to have a 12 hour gap between helm watches every few days. We are finding our groove of resting, sharing meals, and enjoying living under the sun & moon each day.

We have experienced small hiccups underway that are lessons for our big stretch across the Pacific coming up. Gabriel is so knowledgeable and can fix just about anything that comes his way. Leaving the marina in Panama, our portside fuel filter popped off and Gabe had the engine back up and running in no time. As a team, we are very fortunate to have someone on board so skilled and on top of things as Gabriel. Learning from each of my mates has been one of my favorite parts of the trip so far.

As we approached within 100 miles of Papagayo, we had the chance to jump in the water because of how calm it was. Each of us took turns diving in, soaping up, and jumping in again. Shortly after, the wind turned on and whipped up the waves to create a sloppy ride into our anchorage point. Sunday evening we arrived in blissfully calm waters and variable winds in Bahía Culebra (Culebra Bay), where we anchored out for the night. After we each had a 3 hour watch overnight, I watched the sunrise over Papagayo bay with the howler monkeys echoing over the water– a special moment to welcome all of us to Costa Rica for our first time.

Trilogy VI is safely tied up in a slip in Marina Papagayo while we are waiting for a safe weather window to continue north to Cabo San Lucas. As we are patient for favorable winds we will refuel, fill our water tanks, complete maintenance, and stock our cooler with fruits and veggies! The showers, laundry services, and hot meals at the Marina have been quite the treat. In a few days we will be back on the water, headed north to Cabo, and chipping away at the several-thousand mile journey home to Maui, Hawaii!”

— Chancey J.