hI TO ALL
WE ARE NOW IN ROATAN ON A MOORING; IT COST ONLY $100 USD PER MONTH BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS REALLY EXPENSIVE HERE AND TO GO GROCERY SHOPING YA HAVE TO GO TO FRENCH HARBOR AND TAKE A TAXI OR VAN BUS
WILL BE HERE TILL THE 27TH OF MAY AND THEN ON TO PANAMA CANAL AND THE SAN BLAS ISLANDS
TESS IS RETURNING TO USA TO GET HER USA CITIZENSHIP AND WILL BE GONE FOR ABOUT 7 MONTHS
HERE IS A PIC OF MY CATCH OF THE DAY WOW WHAT A BIG FISH
GARY
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HAVE BEEN ON THE HARD AT THE NAVAL STATION FOR 10 DAYS AND HAVE PAINTED THE TOPSIDES OF BOAT AND THE BOTTOM PLUS FIBER GLAS WORK ON THE KEEL!
SEE THE PIC ABOVE FOR THE FINISHED JOB!
WE LEAVE HERE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS FOR UTILA WHICH IS 17 HRS AWAY AT 4KNOTS SOG WILL LEAVE AROUND 5PM AND ARIVE AROUND 10AM THERE.
IF YOU NEED INFO ABOUT THE NAVAL STATION HAUL OUT JUST GIVE ME A EMAIL. IT COST ONLY $145 FOR HAUL OUT AND LAUNCH
ONLY COST ME ABOUT $300 FOR PAINT AND SUPPLYS TO DO THIS JOB ; WHAT A HUGE SAVINGS TO DO WORK HERE. IF YOU WANT LABOR IT IS ABOUT $10.00/DAY
REGARDS
GARY AND TESS
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Just a quick note!
We have been on the hard painting bottom of boat at naval yard in Puerto Cortes
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Finally after the arrival of my wife from The Philippines we are ready to set sail once again!
We leave here tomorrow and will stop in Livingston Guatemala to check out then sail over to Puerto Cortes to do a bottom job on the boat and raise yet again the water line stripe which Iam sure is required due to the abundance of shoes and handbags of my wife.! I hope she doesn,t read this for there would be Mutany on the "Restless Rosie"
Check out the side like on this side for the spot satelitte which will give our position reports when out of range of Internet; it is linked to google earth so it is really cool.
So for now we will be updating this site in Roatan when we arrive there in a week or so
Gary and Tess
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After leaving Key West on the 14th December Restless Rosie and I headed for the NW Coast of Cuba and then followed it onto to the San Antonio Cuba wh ere we headed on a heading of 219 degrees true to The coast of Belize. Stayed one noc behind "Middle Long Cay" We ran out of diesal just after starting out the next morning and it took 6 hrs to get the motor started and on our way again. If any one want s to know how to restart a Diesal engine after running out of gas well Iam now a expert!
I then proced inside the reef of Belize to Placencia Beliece where we anchored out there to reprovision. thre was no problem here to just dingy in and grab some fuel and food and water and then head on our way! You can anchor here in about 12 ft of water with good holding.
From Placencia Belize we sailed to Cabo Tres Puntes for the night before proceding into Livingston Guatumala.
A word of caution1 You must wait for a rising tide to get into Livingston. I draW 6 FT AND WE HAD NO WATER UNDER US AT .35 %HIDE TIDE. iT IS THICK MUD SO YA JUST GOT TO PLOW THROUGH IT!
You must then anchor in livingston harbor and wait on your boat for immigration ;customs and health to come to your boat to process you into the country. It was quite streight forward without problems; then the officials tell you to come to their office of immigration in about a hour to p/u your passports.
After that We proceded up the river to a anchorage outside a Marina called Texas Bay in about 20 ft of water . the next morning we arrived at the Marina "Monkey Bay"
here is the lat and long of the three anchorages used along the way
Middle Long Cay Belize; N17.16'.459/W08805'.86
Placencia Belize;N17 16'.45/W088 05'.86
Cabo Tres Puntas;N15 57'.11/W088 37'.11
Livingston Guatamula; N15 49'.36/W088 44'.86
Guide Book to use;Belize and mexico's Caribbean Coast by Captn. Freya Rauscher
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I just continued on without stopping in Cuba! Boat handles rellly well offshore. Only minor problems. only anchored twice. So you still interested in South Pacific leg?
LEFT bOOT kEY hARBOR ON THE 11TH OF DEC 2010 AT 1430 ARRIVED AT NEWFOUND HARBOR FOR OVERNIGHT ANCHORAGE AT 1730; LEFT IN AM 12/12 FOR KEYWEST; ARRIVED AT 1630; MOTOR SAIL ENTIRE LEG; AS WE ANCHORED A NOOA GALE WARNING BECAME IN EFFECT; THAT NOC WINDS WERE 30 TO35 KNTS. PUT OUT 2 ANCHORS BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NOC(ALWAYS AT NOC) THE SECONDARY ANCHOR RODE CHAFE THROUGH AND LOST 50 FT OF CHAIRN AND ANCHOR! THEN AT 0430 A WELD ON THE DINGY DAV ITS BROKE AND ALMOST LOST THE DINGY AND MOTOR! THE WIND NOW ON THE 15TH DEC 2010 IS CALM AND SEAS STATE SAME.
WE WILL LEAVE KEYWEST BOUND FOR ISLA MAHURAS MEXICO ON 17TH AT 8AM.
KEEP READING FOR THEE WILL BE PICS NX B LOG AS WE SAIL ALONG
TESS MY WIFE IS IN PHILIPPINES FOR VACATIION AND I HAVE A EXPERIENCED CREW MEMBER PAUL FURSTINBURG WHO ALREADY HAS HIS BOAT IN RIO DULCE WHERE WE WILL HOPEFULLY END UP BEFORE CHRISTMAS(879 NM AWAY)
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