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Sailing and Pork

30 January 2018 | Chiapas Marina, Mexico
Helen
Costa Rica, carrying the dinghy up the beach. We found the glue for rubber materials in Home Depot. The wifi was horrible today. We walked up a few times and tried using it but it kept dropping the connection. I cooked up the chicken and beef that we bought on our shopping trip this past week. I made up individual meals to freeze for when we are back at sea. After lunch, Mark had a nap. I caught up on things, including my daily log. Then after 2 pm we joined the lady captain, Sherry, for a test sail on the 36 foot Benneteau sailboat, which she will be delivering shortly. There were six of us on board. It was nice to be out on the ocean and sailing too, as the motor died at one point and wouldn't restart. It turned out to be a switch on the ground that was turned off as the cause. By that time we had the main and jib hoisted. There were some sizable ocean swells, but I thought it was relatively small waves. We were back at the dock by 4:30. Then a group of 18 cruisers got together to share 3 kilos of roasted pork plus some sides, including tortilla shells. Very tasty. We had a wonderful time visiting with some of the cruisers that we had not yet met. We are finally feeling some cooler air as today was quite hot. I was missing our bimini when we went sailing...we will post this blog when we head up to shower, shortly.Had a long sleep so we were up early. After breakfast we worked on flushing the water maker. Then Mark worked on the dinghy, gluing and re-attaching one of the hand holds. This was ripped off in Brasilito,
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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