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Finally Legal in Costa Rica

15 January 2018 | Playa Pan de Azurar
Helen/Mark
Last night we enjoyed watching the movie, The Sixth Sense. The Smokey air kept our hatch closed. At one point I woke up and was cold. We were up early and ready to start our long day. The swells were rocking us, all night. We took the dinghy to shore with a successful landing despite the 4 foot swells crashing into the shore! We were able to drag it close to a big tree. Two older locals felt sorry for us and helped. We secured the dinghy to the tree before looking for Stuart, our driver. He showed up with several paddle boards on top of his vehicle. We delayed our start to deliver them to the beach. His 4-wheel drive vehicle did well on the beach and rugged hills. It took almost an hour to get to the port captains' office in Playa de Coco. I checked out one of the tourist shops and then joined him. We were granted our Domestic Zarpe, so we are free to travel thru Costa Rica. Before we leave Costa Rica, we need to return to the lovely port captains' yet again, so they can issue us an International Zarpe, which we will need to check into Mexico. On the drive back we stopped at a very nice Auto Mercado, grocery store. Then drove home the short cut way, which involved crossing the deep river again and more rugged roads as we headed back to Brasilito. Thank you, once again, to Stuart. We had a wonderful time on our land adventures with you! Thanks also to another local friend, who helped us get the dinghy thru the swells as we returned to the boat. But not before at least three swells splashed the dinghy. We rinsed the salt water from our bags of groceries as well as our clothes and showered before hauling anchor. We hit 25 knot winds, in the face, as we left. We were motoring with both engines and only making 3 knots. Change of plan. We decided to anchor in the fourth bay over from us, called, Pan de Azula. It took us four tries to find a spot where the anchor would hold. It was a rocky bottom. We are anchored in 21 feet of water with around 6 foot tidal range. We were both exhausted. There were several touring catamarans, one which stopped on the rocks at the other end of our bay. Since we left the dinghy in the water, we decided to take the dinghy for a ride around the bay. As we passed by the catamaran, we had a lovely conversation with some nice Canadians. They offered us an SG&T. How nice was that? There are some beautiful looking resorts on the beach and up the hill. The one at the top has a huge infinity pool. They lit giant torches around the pool at sunset. We will plan to do some snorkeling around the rocky areas and especially where the tourists were located. Mark suggested that we only move a short way tomorrow and wait another day to get to the marina at Papagayo. Our sunset was spectacular this evening, right at the entrance to this bay and behind a couple of huge rocks. Ate dinner outside in the cockpit. Our Tep is working better. We can make phone/video calls, but only if the recipient has WhatsApp or Skype. Catching up on emails and calls. Temperatures are still in the 80's. After sunset, I thought it was cooler than normal. Maybe it's because we're protected by so many mountains on shore.
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Vessel Name: Charabia
Vessel Make/Model: Fountaine Pajot / Athena
Hailing Port: Jacksonville, FL
Crew: Mark &Helen
About:
We are both computer folks that were live aboard cruisers back in the 90s. We settled in Jacksonville Florida after escaping the great white north and cruising the Bahamas, T&C, DR and points south down to Trinidad. [...]
Extra: Charabia is a French slang word for nonsense or gibberish. It derives from Arabic "sharab" which means alcohol.When you drink (too much) alcohol, you start talking Charabia. The original owners named her and Mark liked the name so it stuck.
Charabia's Photos - Main
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Nov 2017 trip south from Jacksonville
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Created 23 August 2018
Upgrades and maintenance to Charabia
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Created 27 June 2017
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Created 16 May 2015
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Created 15 May 2015
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Created 7 April 2015
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Created 4 April 2015
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Created 31 March 2015
Get the boat ready to cruise.
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Created 14 March 2015