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s/v Reach 2008-2018

s/v Reach

underwater-caribbean

birds of the US & Bahamas

birds of the Caribbean

birds of Central America

birds of South America

butterflies/moths

travel photography

Map

Lightroom Albums

s/v Reach 2008-2018

Folder: photo galleries

underwater-caribbean

birds of the US & Bahamas

birds of the Caribbean

birds of Central America

birds of South America

butterflies/moths

travel photography

Map

Lightroom Albums

s/v Reach 2008-2018

Underwater ~ Caribbean

Practicing with my camera underwater…

Solitary gorgonian hydroid (Copy)

Spinyhead blenny (Copy)

Orangesided goby (Copy)

Spinyhead blenny (Copy)

Banded clinging crab in Florida corallimorphs (Copy)

Urchin bumblebee shrimp (Copy)

Western smoothhead blenny (Copy)

Houndfish (Copy)

Sailfin blenny (Copy)

Conchfish with Pederson cleaner shrimp (Copy)

Sailfin blenny (Copy)

Sailfin blenny (Copy)

Maze coral (Copy)

Creole wrasse (Copy)

Coral wall (Copy)

Nurse shark (Copy)

Redlip blenny bicolor phase (Copy)

Roughhead triplefin (Copy)

Goldline blenny (Copy)

Lesser electric ray (Copy)

Bearded firework (Copy)

Mottled jawfish mouth brooding (Copy)

Roughhead blenny (Copy)

Sailfin blenny (Copy)

Porcupinefish (Copy)

Juvenile foureye butterflyfish (Copy)

Spotted sea hare (Copy)

Intermediate gray angelfish (Copy)

Seaslug eggs (Copy)

Imitator blenny (Copy)

Azure vase sponge (Copy)

Hogfish (Copy)

Lined elysia and taino elysia (Copy)

Papillose blenny (Copy)

Seagrass elysia (Copy)

Acoel flatworm (Copy)

Longhorn blenny (Copy)

Downy blenny (Copy)

Sea spider (Copy)

Slender filefish (Copy)

Juvenile rock beauty (Copy)

Spiny lobster (Copy)

Yellowfin grouper (Copy)

Fringeback Dondice (Copy)

Mat zoanthids (Copy)

Flame helmet snail (Copy)

Redlip blenny (Copy)

Great star coral (Copy)

Whitespotted filefish (Copy)

Blackbar soldierfish with isopod (Copy)

Masked goby (Copy)

Spinyhead blenny (Copy)

Spinyhead blenny (Copy)

Spinyhead blenny (Copy)

Sea thimble (Copy)

Juvenile fourspot butterflyfish (Copy)

Pederson cleaner shrimp with eggs (Copy)

Sharknose goby (Copy)

Goldspot goby (Copy)

Spiny lobster (Copy)

Spotted goatfish (Copy)

Spotted cleaner shrimp with eggs (Copy)

Nassau grouper (Copy)

Smooth flower coral (Copy)

Spotted spiny lobster (Copy)

Threespot damselfish (Copy)

Crinoid (Copy)

White-speckled hermit crab (Copy)

Sergeant major eggs (Copy)

Spinyhead blenny (Copy)

Rosy blenny (Copy)

Sun anemone shrimp (Copy)

Juvenile puddingwife (Copy)

Lettuce sea slug (Copy)

Saddled blenny (Copy)

Imitator blenny (Copy)

Blue chromes (Copy)

Houndfish (Copy)

Lemon shark (Copy)

Mottled jawfish (Copy)

Hawksbill turtle (Copy)

Bioluminescent bearded fireworm (Copy)

Closed giant anemone (Copy)

Pederson cleaner shrimp (Copy)

Mating flamingo tongues (Copy)

White speckled hermit crab (Copy)

Smooth trunkfish (Copy)

Swollen-claw mantis shrimp (Copy)

Green turtle (Copy)

Upside-down jellyfish (Copy)

Banded clinging crab (Copy)

Knobby anemone (Copy)

Fringed filefish (Copy)

Juvenile gray angelfish (Copy)

Goldentail moray eel (Copy)

Giant hermit crab (Copy)

Roughhead triplefin (Copy)

Pale clumping anemone (Copy)

Ridged brain coral (Copy)

Goldline blenny (Copy)

Swollen-claw mantis shrimp (Copy)

Balloonfish (Copy)

Queen parrotfish (Copy)

Redlip blenny (Copy)

Juvenile yellowtail damselfish (Copy)

Yellowhead jawfish (Copy)

Slender filefish (Copy)

Reef scene (Copy)

Brittlestar on fire coral (Copy)

Imitator blenny (Copy)

Mysid shrimp (Copy)

Goldentail moray eel (Copy)

Cleaner goby (Copy)

Saddled blenny (Copy)

Spiny lobster (Copy)

Fairy basslet (Copy)

Juvenile gray angelfish cleaning bar jack (Copy)

Tobaccofish (Copy)

Barred cardinalfish (Copy)

Rosy blenny (Copy)

Bridle cardinalfish (Copy)

Flat tunicate (Copy)

Spotted cleaner shrimp on closed warty corallimorph (Copy)

Squat shrimp (Copy)

Intermediate French angelfish (Copy)

True tulip snail (Copy)

Blackcheek blenny (Copy)

Redlip blenny (Copy)

Shortfinger hermit crab (Copy)

Juvenile cubbyu (Copy)

Compound tunicate (Copy)

Shipwreck anchor (Copy)

Green turtle (Copy)

Berried Pederson cleaner shrimp (Copy)

Social feather dusters (Copy)

Spotted cleaner shrimp (Copy)

Azure vase sponge (Copy)

Pederson cleaner shrimp (Copy)

Saddled blend (Copy)

Sun anemone (Copy)

Fairy basslet (Copy)

Spotted trunkfish (Copy)

Honeycomb cowfish (Copy)

Cleaner goby (Copy)

Squat shrimp (Copy)

Mermaid's teacups (Copy)

Saddled blenny (Copy)

Seaweed blenny (Copy)

Sailfin dragonet (Copy)

Tompot blenny (Copy)

Sergeant major eggs (Copy)

Yellow garden eels (Copy)

Intermediate gray angelfish (Copy)

True tulip snail (Copy)

White margate (Copy)

Great barracuda (Copy)

Juvenile queen angelfish (Copy)

Porcupinefish (Copy)

Imitator blenny (Copy)

Saddled blenny (Copy)

Lionfish (Copy)

Solitary gorgonian hydroid (Copy)

Spinyhead blenny (Copy)

Orangesided goby (Copy)

Spinyhead blenny (Copy)

Banded clinging crab in Florida corallimorphs (Copy)

Urchin bumblebee shrimp (Copy)

Western smoothhead blenny (Copy)

Houndfish (Copy)

Sailfin blenny (Copy)

Conchfish with Pederson cleaner shrimp (Copy)

Sailfin blenny (Copy)

Sailfin blenny (Copy)

Maze coral (Copy)

Creole wrasse (Copy)

Coral wall (Copy)

Nurse shark (Copy)

Redlip blenny bicolor phase (Copy)

Roughhead triplefin (Copy)

Goldline blenny (Copy)

Lesser electric ray (Copy)

Bearded firework (Copy)

Mottled jawfish mouth brooding (Copy)

Roughhead blenny (Copy)

Sailfin blenny (Copy)

Porcupinefish (Copy)

Juvenile foureye butterflyfish (Copy)

Spotted sea hare (Copy)

Intermediate gray angelfish (Copy)

Seaslug eggs (Copy)

Imitator blenny (Copy)

Azure vase sponge (Copy)

Hogfish (Copy)

Lined elysia and taino elysia (Copy)

Papillose blenny (Copy)

Seagrass elysia (Copy)

Acoel flatworm (Copy)

Longhorn blenny (Copy)

Downy blenny (Copy)

Sea spider (Copy)

Slender filefish (Copy)

Juvenile rock beauty (Copy)

Spiny lobster (Copy)

Yellowfin grouper (Copy)

Fringeback Dondice (Copy)

Mat zoanthids (Copy)

Flame helmet snail (Copy)

Redlip blenny (Copy)

Great star coral (Copy)

Whitespotted filefish (Copy)

Blackbar soldierfish with isopod (Copy)

Masked goby (Copy)

Spinyhead blenny (Copy)

Spinyhead blenny (Copy)

Spinyhead blenny (Copy)

Sea thimble (Copy)

Juvenile fourspot butterflyfish (Copy)

Pederson cleaner shrimp with eggs (Copy)

Sharknose goby (Copy)

Goldspot goby (Copy)

Spiny lobster (Copy)

Spotted goatfish (Copy)

Spotted cleaner shrimp with eggs (Copy)

Nassau grouper (Copy)

Smooth flower coral (Copy)

Spotted spiny lobster (Copy)

Threespot damselfish (Copy)

Crinoid (Copy)

White-speckled hermit crab (Copy)

Sergeant major eggs (Copy)

Spinyhead blenny (Copy)

Rosy blenny (Copy)

Sun anemone shrimp (Copy)

Juvenile puddingwife (Copy)

Lettuce sea slug (Copy)

Saddled blenny (Copy)

Imitator blenny (Copy)

Blue chromes (Copy)

Houndfish (Copy)

Lemon shark (Copy)

Mottled jawfish (Copy)

Hawksbill turtle (Copy)

Bioluminescent bearded fireworm (Copy)

Closed giant anemone (Copy)

Pederson cleaner shrimp (Copy)

Mating flamingo tongues (Copy)

White speckled hermit crab (Copy)

Smooth trunkfish (Copy)

Swollen-claw mantis shrimp (Copy)

Green turtle (Copy)

Upside-down jellyfish (Copy)

Banded clinging crab (Copy)

Knobby anemone (Copy)

Fringed filefish (Copy)

Juvenile gray angelfish (Copy)

Goldentail moray eel (Copy)

Giant hermit crab (Copy)

Roughhead triplefin (Copy)

Pale clumping anemone (Copy)

Ridged brain coral (Copy)

Goldline blenny (Copy)

Swollen-claw mantis shrimp (Copy)

Balloonfish (Copy)

Queen parrotfish (Copy)

Redlip blenny (Copy)

Juvenile yellowtail damselfish (Copy)

Yellowhead jawfish (Copy)

Slender filefish (Copy)

Reef scene (Copy)

Brittlestar on fire coral (Copy)

Imitator blenny (Copy)

Mysid shrimp (Copy)

Goldentail moray eel (Copy)

Cleaner goby (Copy)

Saddled blenny (Copy)

Spiny lobster (Copy)

Fairy basslet (Copy)

Juvenile gray angelfish cleaning bar jack (Copy)

Tobaccofish (Copy)

Barred cardinalfish (Copy)

Rosy blenny (Copy)

Bridle cardinalfish (Copy)

Flat tunicate (Copy)

Spotted cleaner shrimp on closed warty corallimorph (Copy)

Squat shrimp (Copy)

Intermediate French angelfish (Copy)

True tulip snail (Copy)

Blackcheek blenny (Copy)

Redlip blenny (Copy)

Shortfinger hermit crab (Copy)

Juvenile cubbyu (Copy)

Compound tunicate (Copy)

Shipwreck anchor (Copy)

Green turtle (Copy)

Berried Pederson cleaner shrimp (Copy)

Social feather dusters (Copy)

Spotted cleaner shrimp (Copy)

Azure vase sponge (Copy)

Pederson cleaner shrimp (Copy)

Saddled blend (Copy)

Sun anemone (Copy)

Fairy basslet (Copy)

Spotted trunkfish (Copy)

Honeycomb cowfish (Copy)

Cleaner goby (Copy)

Squat shrimp (Copy)

Mermaid's teacups (Copy)

Saddled blenny (Copy)

Seaweed blenny (Copy)

Sailfin dragonet (Copy)

Tompot blenny (Copy)

Sergeant major eggs (Copy)

Yellow garden eels (Copy)

Intermediate gray angelfish (Copy)

True tulip snail (Copy)

White margate (Copy)

Great barracuda (Copy)

Juvenile queen angelfish (Copy)

Porcupinefish (Copy)

Imitator blenny (Copy)

Saddled blenny (Copy)

Lionfish (Copy)

@svreach Instagram ~

Hiked the Metropolitan Natural Park yesterday with Sue @on_a_new_tack for some birding and nice city views 🐦🏙️

It is a lovely oasis in the middle of the city, connecting to a biological corridor of National Parks spanning the Canal Zone.

#metrop

What a fun experience to see the Desfile de Reina (Queen’s Parade) in Capira for Carnival this year. 👸🏽

This uniquely Panamanian version is all about “culecos” consisting of many water trucks all around the Carnival spraying the

Fun night at the Panama Microbrew Fest with Mike & Sue (s/v Mira)! Artisanal beers are really coming into their own here and we’re happy to do our part in supporting them. 🍻

There was good vibes & music, funny games and a questionable

Reach’s new anchor spot for our Pacific Panama time - can be rolly but much better dinghy dock access.

Making the most of our time while waiting on a delivery 🍦

#mintchip #atanchor #laplayita #sailcatamaran #svreach

Pelagic birding & photography can be tricky in general, and especially when sailing. I have to remember to keep the camera ready in case we see something passing by while underway.

We can't really stop, so sometimes I have to get lucky ~ like c

This mini rice cooker has been a great addition to the cast iron pan and sheet pan for easy passage dinners. It does much more than cook rice!

There is a lot experiment with... so far I've tried hardboiled eggs and this mushroom rice cooker meal wi

Reach is anchored safely back in Panama City.

Here is a view of the AIS shipping traffic on the Pacific side of the Canal - almost 400 targets 🚢⚓️

#aistargets #automaticidentificationsystem #shippingtraffic #panamacanal #atanchor

Dinner time... really enjoyed this gorgeous, long sunset that followed a brilliant green flash 🌅

#sunset #greenflash #sailcatamaran #pacificocean #passage

All is good on Reach. We are still a few days out of Panama.

Thank you all for your kind and uplifting words. We're very grateful to have such good friends.

The mahi mahi keeps on giving. Dinners all week 🐠

#mahimahi #fishveracruz #castiron #c

Update for those following our sailing trip ~ We’re safe, but we have to turn back to Panama to resolve an equipment issue.

Although we can possibly come up with ways to continue, we have very limited motoring range and we’re 5 days out

Yesterday was a welcome, light day, but not without excitement dodging squalls.

Mostly close-hauled and tacking, we quickly got in a routine of rolling in the genoa when the squalls hit.

It’s crazy how they ramp up! Our 30 min trailing gra

This wasn’t a fun 24 hrs sailing. Of course winds on our first night were higher than forecast. Looking back on it, the Caribbean winds had ramped up and we had high spillover across the Panama isthmus to the Pacific. The PredictWind screenshot

Yesterday's sail got off to a great start in light winds...

We got to try out our new (to us) parasailor and caught dinner! 🐠

#parasailor #mahimahi #sailcatamaran #oceanpassage #pacificocean

Reach is full of fresh fruit & veg... Freezers full, pantry stocked ✅

Rattan bins allowing airflow contain onions and potatoes (they last forever here). Canned goods, pasta, condiments & nut supply make up majority of drawer space.

A wee o

One of our last sunsets over land for a while... 🌄

#sunset #land #departureday amadorcauseway #panamacity