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12/28/2009 12:55 PM 

Meg the sitter, she’s a friend, but will always have this title, signed us up for the cruisers Xmas dinner.  We had to bring cauliflower.  Despite the cauliflower all  involved still seemed to have a good time.  Something like 65 people crammed onto two busses carrying copious amounts of food and drink.  We arrived at the same small hotel where we once arrived dressed as giant babies, a tinto girl, Madonna, and a priest on Halloween.

It didn’t take long for the Xmas spirit to take over filling us all more and more with each libation.  The turkeys were done perfectly and sides included various takes on old favorites, but all were colored by the differing nationalities of the cruisers that provided them.  My personal favorite, the Colombian sausage dressing.

After a few rounds of seconds the ever talented boat crews formed their bands and began singing or playing music as they saw fit.  As always,  the known favorites had everyone in the place singing or dancing along.  Given the rather high average age of the cruising community we were on our way back to the docs by 10:00 p.m.  No worries, a spontaneous party broke out on the docks and we were more than content to watch the boats bob on their lines.

Boxing day is kind of a new one to me.  We’d planned on making it a beach day, but the to do list seemed to be beckoning from the work bench and most thoughts turned to our pending projects.  Luckily, my buddy Greg from s/v Coconut told me he was on his way to the beach to test out MK 1 of his newly designed “Shark” anchor.  We were going to get out beach day after all.

Cramming five into a taxi we headed out North of town to an open stretch of beach where we could drag the anchor and watch its performance.  Thankfully, the taxi driver was either hard up for fares or had nothing better to do than let us drag a 30lb hunk of steel behind his car to see if we get get it stuck in the sand.  Initial results were promising and a few more minor mods should dial the anchor in.  It’s fun playing with steel.  Stay tuned for more developments on, “The Shark”.

Today was Monday and was treated as such.  After an early breakfast we were off to Ferroalquimar, a local boat yard, to check out the facilities and various contractors.  I found my guy who does nothing but specialize in bottom jobs and he agreed to take on the project.  So, January 4th I’ll finally get off the dock only to drop Jargo in blocks on the hard.  After the bottom job I’ll pick up my new 60lb Manson Supreme anchor from Manson Anchors, who’ve very generously sponsored me with the equipment, and make way for the San Blas and the Panama Canal.  I am very anxious to get moving again.  Cheers,

Lee

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