This boat, INTREPID, showed up in the marina near us. Its captain, Zack, just 17 years old, has nearly completed a singlehanded circumnavigation. I think he's going to set the record for the youngest person to do so. It was great to meet Zack.
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I just uploaded new photos to our photo gallery.
We're planning to leave the boat here in Barra for the summer hurricane season. We'll fly home in July and return in mid October, to continue our voyage south come November 1 when the hurricane season officially ends.
Meanwhile life aboard Calou here in Barra is very enjoyable, so we don't mind staying here for a while.
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Along with some friends, we took a water taxi from the marina into Barra de Navidad, to hear some music at Piper's Cruiser Lounge, an open-air palapa bar on the beach in Barra. I don't know the name of the band, but the guitar player sounded like Jimi Hendrix, and looked like the Geico Cave Man.

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Video of our sail from Barra de Navidad south to Manzanillo, where we enjoyed excellent blackberry margaritas.
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We enjoyed delicious margaritas made with fresh blackberries at the "Paradise" restaurant in Las Hadas. The owner there raises his own blackberries. They also make a coconut shrimp that is out of this world.
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Here's a photo of Calou taken from shore at Las Hadas, Manzanillo.
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