Colombian Christmas
We made the 36 hour crossing from the San Blas Islands of Panama to Cartagena, Colombia in a near perfect weather window. With help from friends and family, we received the engine part (the fan in front of the gearbox mysteriously blew into several pieces) – the logistics of getting the part could be an entire blog post, but I’ll spare you the details.
Although we are still having ongoing alternator problems, we managed to sail much of the passage and are currently relaxing with the Lesters here in a luxurious hotel with Lea Scotia anchored nearby (hopefully safely). I’m checking the boat daily and all seems well.
We finally organized a few of our photos and were able to post them this morning. See the below four posts for coverage of the past month and different chapters of our adventure. There are a couple photo dupes (one post by Trevor and the other by Karisa) but we figured some of the photos are fun to see again. Enjoy, and we hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!
tdm
December 31st, 2009 at 09:16
The best mechanic we’ve ever found in the past year in all of our travels is Elvis in Cartagena (not to diss Alex). He is highly skilled, trained and educated. He is professional and affordable. You can find him at Club Nautico or just ask around. Happy New Year!