2009-04 & 05 Cocos Island, Costa Rica – TOPSIDE & LAND
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Voyages
POSITION REPORT
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/04/22 21:22 LATITUDE: 08-41.16N LONGITUDE: 085-11.48W COURSE: 211T SPEED: 6.7 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 14 WIND_DIR: SSW WAVE_HT: 0.6M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: S SWELL_HT: 1.8M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1009.4 AIR_TEMP: 32.2C SEA_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – 1/4th way to Isla Coco, Costa Rica
POSITION REPORT
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/04/22 13:56 LATITUDE: 09-29.64N LONGITUDE: 084-45.56W COURSE: 210T SPEED: 8.1 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 8 WIND_DIR: 223T WAVE_HT: 0.3M WAVE_PER: 10 SWELL_DIR: S SWELL_HT: 1.2M SWELL_PER: 10 CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1012.3 AIR_TEMP: 32.2C SEA_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Isla Coco, Costa Rica
Last Days on Mainland Costa Rica & A Human Interest Story…..
Dear F&F, April 19 We had a wonderful time at Carerra National Park. Scott\’s pictures speak for themselves, please see that photo gallery. CAPTIONS will be posted next time we can get to the internet. April 20 I provision for our next 3 weeks. Scott got confirmation that there is a grocery store in the
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Costa Rica and Niece Megans Visit…..
Dear F&F, April 11-18 COSTA RICA – Niece Megan Visits from New York We got a good referral for a bilingual driver to pick up Megan from the airport Saturday & bring her here to the marina. It can be 2 hours each way with traffic, so I was not keen to make that trip.
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Cost Rica – Part 3…..
Dear F&F, April 7-9, 2009 April 7 We were a bit frustrated to be waiting & waiting for the radio call that the boat occupying our slip had departed. Finally the happy news came & we didn’t waste a minute of our pre-paid month sitting & sweating at anchor a minute longer. We made a
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POSITION REPORT
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/04/07 20:14 LATITUDE: 09-39.02N LONGITUDE: 084-39.95W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 8 WIND_DIR: 223T CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1007.9 AIR_TEMP: 35.0C COMMENT: Beach House – DOCKED – Marina Los Suenos, Costa Rica
Los Suenos Marina, Costa Rica…..
Dear F&F, April 6, 2009 Scott is eager to get the boat repairs done by the two different mechanics we need. He got referrals & has been in email contact with them. Main jobs: remove & replace two broken bolts in our 24 volt alternators’ “Power take offs”. These are the “mini generators” that charge
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POSITION REPORT
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/04/05 22:17 LATITUDE: 09-38.22N LONGITUDE: 084-39.75W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 5 WIND_DIR: SSW CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1007.9 AIR_TEMP: 32.8C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Bahia Herradura outside Marina Los Suenos, Costa Rica
Costa Rica – Part 2…..
Dear F&F, April 4-5, 2009 April 4 We were up at dawn again, so underway in the cool of the morning. We stayed quite a bit offshore since there were some rocky pinnacles which made it interesting along the coastline near the old Marina Flamingo (now closed). The wind picked up enough to sail for
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