Engineless and Adrift in Panama: How Seamanship Saved Atlas IV

After their Hallberg-Rassy 40 nearly sank in the mangroves and later dragged in marginal holding off Colón, Josh and Sierra show how engineless seamanship can still save a boat.

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(Photo/ Atlas IV)

“Is everything okay? Your EPIRB was set off.”

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Jaclyn Jeffrey didn't grow up sailing but took it up on a whim during the pandemic. She and her husband bought a boat to learn to sail on, then promptly bought a second and decided to go cruising. After living aboard in the chilly Pacific Northwest for two years, she's cruising Mexico with her husband and dog onboard their 1979 Fast Passage 39, Raicilla. When not sailing and surfing, she works as a freelance writer or on the endless boat projects that come with full-time cruising.