Francois and I both passed the PADI Open Water scuba diving certification today. Now we're diving buddies. Francois is one happy diver!
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Francois takes a breath from the regulator at the pool in Barra de Navidad during his first Scuba lesson. Francois and I hit the books over the weekend to pass the tests and get certified.
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Our friend Henri left Barra today on his boat, C. Boubou, heading south towards Costa Rica. Notice the prevailing winds in the palm trees!
We'll soon be following close behind.
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View of the pool at our marina in Barra de Navidad.
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Pascale and Antoine dressed up for Halloween here in Barra. Pascale put her former movie-makeup-artist skills to good use! The boys Francois and Antoine went trick-or-treating, but it had a different outcome from what they expected. They were inundated by little Mexican kids asking for the candy that they had collected, and by the time the night was over, they had given it all away!
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We flew back to our boat Oct. 20 along with a ton of spare parts and projects. Our plan is to get the boat ready for the next leg of our trip and then head south towards Panama.
The boat was in good condition when we returned, after leaving it in the marina for 4 months. The only problem seems to be the refrigeration, which doesn't get quite cold enough. I'm having a refrigeration specialist (a freon jockey) look at it tomorrow.
We had a friend (Henri) carry back a trunkload of spare parts in his car. Among these were another 4D battery and a polyethylene battery box (actually a West Marine 13 gallon holding tank with one end cut off). I installed it under the forward bunk, thus increasing our house bank capacity by 25 percent.
We also brought new fans (the old ones got so much use they stopped working). We have a large number of other projects to be completed before we leave Barra.
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