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Once you get to the islands, try to find your way to the main island where there is a police station, small hotel, and airstrip. This is where all boats to Colombia have to check in before leaving. In addition to sailboats, there are speedboats that flit back and forth between the two countries with a myriad of different supplies, and you may be able to get on one of them. [[User:Themodernnomad|themodernnomad]] was able to get on a small speedboat with a group of Colombians to the small Colombian town of Capurganá in the [[Darién Gap]]. Remember, to be able to continue hitchhiking in South America, you need to at least get to [[Turbo]], because Puerto Obaldía and Capurgana are closed into the jungle and only accessable by sea.
Also bare in mind that locals who want to get from one place to an other in the San Blas are acustomed to travel in those small speed boats and that they all pay the price that the driver asks (typically in 2011 about 10 US$ per hour of boat per person). If you really want to get around the gap for free, it may take time and rather a lot of friends, otherwise you can always pay, and even by doing that, it may still take some time, these boats are not the kind that offer half-hourly service...
On the pacific coast the situation of the marinas is difficult. In order to find boats heading to Colombia or Ecuador you should try the [http://www.balboayachtclub.com Balboa Yacht Club].
