The Sailboat

Trip Start Jan 12, 2008
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Trip End May 05, 2008


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Friday, February 1, 2008

I moved on to Bill and Marjorie Heumann´s C&C 48 sailboat the Second Wind. The boat is immense compared to my 34´sailboat Lyric. It has two full staterooms with bathrooms and separate showers. The kitchen is large with refrigerator and freezer. There is a separate generator to supply electricity, and a 75 hp Perkins engine for motor power. The boat is finished in dark mahogany. It has a large pilothouse with dining table and captains navigation station. This is living!

We have had some difficulty getting ready for the trip. Every task takes twice as long as it should due to the distance of our anchorage beside the causeway from supply points. Also It is a 10 minute skiff ride to the dock and we have to ferry all our supplies to the main boat. 

Yesterday we changed the engine and generator oil, and got fuel and water at the Balboa Yacht Club Anchorage off Causeway Amador
Anchorage off Causeway Amador
 . Today Bill is checking us out of the country with the Port Official and then Marjorie will be buying the fresh produce and meets. By the afternoon we will be on our way to Ecuador.

The wind has been good in the afternoon and evening, with wind speeds up to 15 mph. It will probably be an upwind sail for about 650 miles. Now that I am living on the boat, I am anxious to begin the trip.


There are 42 sailboats anchored here, 8 of them are multi hulls. They come from all over the world with names like: Blue Crystal from Antwerp,
Mamacoche from Breskens,
Stamper from Colijnsplaat,
Panacea from Boulder City NV,
Slosh from New Zealand,
Finisterre and Musetta from San Francisco,
Boomerang from Quincy IL, Aquastrian from Vancouver BC,
Tigress from London (80´motor yacht),
Contessa from Stuttgart,
and Last Resort from Seattle WA.

They are all heading through the Panama Canal to the Caribbean, or across the South Pacific. We will start toward Ecuador tonight, with a possible anchorage in Isla Taboga or Isla Contradora.
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gypsyprincess
gypsyprincess on Feb 2, 2008 at 01:20AM

You're a long way from home, Capt. Jim!
Sounds like you're having a great adventure. Maybe see you in BVI in September.
~Candi

gleddy
gleddy on Feb 2, 2008 at 11:02PM

GO GIANTS
I'll take the 12 points and the Giants for a $1. Great sounding sailboat, travelling in style. Do you get to fish too? The weather looks wonderful. Have a great day.

Gary, Bernadette & Tammy

jim.green
jim.green on Feb 8, 2008 at 05:46PM

Re: You're a long way from home, Capt. Jim!
I want to go to BVI. I will have to sort it out when I get back to Juneau!

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