Stop the Boat I Want To Get Off - BOAT FOR SALE
10 July 2008 | Bahia del Sol, El Salvador
by Those Lacking Of Sanity
Coco - Loco
NO we are not kidding. The lightening strike pushed us over the edge of insanity. You all have heard the stories. So we are working on listing Raven. Meanwhile we have to repair the things that got damaged from the lightening strike, if not only to sell her but to move on since we can't stay here forever nor leave her here. The alternator is fixed and installed with a jerry-rigged car regulator that we have to turn off and on until we get the proper one down here to us. Tomorrow we brave the depths of the engine compartment to get the 60lb inverter out from behind 3 batteries & the high-rise water exhaust - 5 a.m. 'boat yoga'. We tried the VHF radio again and it is not responding - may send that in for repairs also.
We've made new plans: 2 ports in Nicaragua, 1 or 2 in the western part of Costa Rica, then head due south into the Pacific then east to Ecuador in South America. Leave Raven in Ecuador and travel via land in South America. Scott's always wanted to go to Chile and we can say we at least sailed to another continent. We figure we seem to have more fun traveling via land then water so we'll stay on land mostly. Scott says we could spend a year in S. America, I say why not. Selling and buying a place to live is a tricky coordination so wish us luck!