Nov 4, 2012
Continued from previous post… After motor sailing for a few hours, we rounded a point and caught sight of the town, a small village with two little coves, one of which had about a dozen pangas grounded on the sandy beach. Both coves were completely exposed to the very...
Nov 2, 2012
Within 20 minutes of rounding the corner of the Bay of San Carlos, we were both wearing our harnesses and were tethered in. These were harnesses and tethers we thought we might never use. It was a beautiful day, but the wind had kicked up to 20 knots right on the nose...
Oct 31, 2012
So, backtracking a bit from our last post, let’s revisit the first hour of the journey, perhaps the scariest one, after we cast off the mooring lines in San Carlos. We headed for the fuel dock at the marina, so we could top off our freshwater tank, and after about 10...
Oct 19, 2012
The day has finally arrived! After all the planning, scrimping and saving. After all the meticulous boat research, shopping, and survey work. After the grueling 3 months of boat projects in the 100 degree sun and 99% humidity. After some (although not quite...
Oct 13, 2012
We just had a great week of vacation. Wait, wait, wait, but we’ve been down here for three months already…just a week? It took a couple of good friends coming down here to get us to slow down the work schedule and get out and enjoy this beautiful place for...
Oct 1, 2012
These were the words uttered by Chris and Margie, our good friends on S/V Storm Bay, the morning that our standing rigging finally arrived in San Carlos. For those of you who haven’t been counting, we placed the order for our wire rope and Sta Lok terminals over...
