Dear F&F, March 8-12, 2009 Carmina & Alejandra bravely took the coastal \”scenic drive\” from Guatemala City to meet us at Bahia del Sol, El Salvador. Seven hours later, they landed onboard Beach House, pretty tired. We took the more direct route back to Guatemala City the next day, only 5 hours. The border crossing […]
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Dear F&F, Bahia del Sol, El Salvador March 2, 2009 This style of \”haul out\” is known as \”careening\”. It is very similar to the techniques used during all world traveling vessels in the \”Golden Age of Sail\”. It is still widely used around the world today in those far flung corners of the earth
THE DAY WE BEACHED \”BEACH HOUSE\” (intentionally!)….. Read More »
Dear F&F, March 1, 2009 Bahia del Sol, El Salvador I washed a 2nd load of laundry & both loads got hung & were dry before 11:00 am. Alex picked us up in his dinghy to go look at an alternate site to beach \”Beach House\”. There is a trimaran across the river from us
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Dear F&F, February 28, 2009 Bahia del Sol, El Salvador Scott listened to the Pan Pacific net on the radio this morning. A whole different crowd of cruisers. Most of the boats on this net are here in Central America all the way down to Panama & many that are making the Pacific crossing. He
Two Days Before Beaching \”Beach House\” (remember, we\’re doing this intentionally!)….. Read More »
Dear F&F, February 26-27, 2009 Scott is wide awake by 6:15 am. There is no point in trying to sleep after he gets up. He goes straight outside for the hose & starts to wash the pounds of black soot & ash off our boat. There are some big chunks of burned stuff. Very, very
Passage to El Salvador….. Read More »
Dear F&F, February 25, 2009 We were not too surprised to hear from Ziggy the mechanic that the ship yard would not be ready to haul us out on Tuesday. But when we got another \”manana\” story this morning we decided to go there & see what was the hold up. Carmina drove us the
No Haul Out in Guatemala….. Read More »
Dear F&F, February 22-23, 2009 After breakfast onboard, we climbed into Carmina\’s Toyota Yaris (similar to a Corolla) & enjoyed the air conditioned 1 hr drive to Antigua. Guatemala has 36 volcanoes, several active. We stopped to let Scott photograph the grey smoke puffing out of the one called Fuego (fire). At least 2 are
Trip to Antigua & Tranmission Pick Up….. Read More »
Dear F&F, February 21, 2009 We slept very well with the air conditioner on which kept out the noise of the US Coast Guard sailors partying at the nearby palapa restaurant/bar. We got up about 7:15 am. Miguel Oscar who is recommended in our cruising guide as an agent to help with the check-in process
First Day in Guatemala….. Read More »
Dear F&F, The following is an edited version of Scott Adam\’s email to us regarding the successful acquisition of our NEW transmission. February 20, 2009 Email Report from Scott Adam, aka: \”Our Hero\”: 0630: Arise to the stock market falling. 0700: You call on Satellite Telephone (Scott Stolnitz) 0715: Go to Costa Mesa (Boatswains Locker
Scott Adam\’s Day…..The Great Transmission Caper….. Read More »
Dear F&F, February 19-20, 2009 February 19th It is 5:00 a.m., one more hour to go of my shift. The feared Tehuantepec is almost completely astern; the crossing picked at a perfect \”weather window\”. Predictions are it will be blowing 30-40 knots from the north, a full blown \”TEHUANTE-PECKER\” in less than 24 hours. At
Unplanned Change of Plans….. Read More »