CLEARED CARTAGENA! FINALLY!
20 October 2011 | 10 24'N:75 32'W, Club NOT TO GO!
Rick
We finally got our clearance papers lastnight during the Cruisers Pizza Gathering, so it was a great night for sure!
It was a beautiful evening, no winds, no heat, no rain.... until NOW! 5am... UGH! We were planning to set sail at first light this morning, so of course the sailing gods decided to make it a little intresting for us, as usual!
We stocked up on drinking water, canned foods, tortillia and cheese for the next leg of this crazy voyage.
Next stop Cholon (sp?) about 20 miles south of here. It's a small group of islands that evryone has promised safe, protected anchorage with CLEAN WATER! We plan to jump in the water every chance we can!!!
Our plans are still up in the air after that.... probably make a beeline to San Blas Islands for a bit, then on to Portaballo to make Panama Canal decisions.
I'll start my daily SPOTs today and hopefully upload more pics. It's been raining like cats and dogs here for the past few days, it's been hard to find a dry place to open the computer. (land and boat)
Cheers from the Cleared three amigos!