The Log of s/v Mentor

Meet the Crew

Who: Cindy and Dick Metler
Port: Seattle, WA
MENTOR, the boat Design: Amazon 44 Builder: Hull and deck - Dieter Pollack Systems and interior - Dick and Cindy Metler Hull: Steel Rig: Cutter Length: 44 feet Beam: 13' 8" Draft: 6' 6" MENTOR derives her name from Greek mythology. During the Trojan Wars, Mentor was the friend and counselor to Odysseus and tutor to his son Telemachus. In modern English, the word has become an eponym for a wise trustworthy teacher. We have needed such during the construction period and will continue to rely on what this boat can teach us as we heed her voice and head to sea.
26 February 2011 | Las Perlas Islands
25 February 2011 | Las Perlas Islands
24 February 2011 | Las Perlas Islands
23 February 2011 | Bahia Benao
21 February 2011 | Bahia Benao
20 February 2011 | Off Bahia Benao
18 February 2011 | Bahia Benao
16 February 2011
15 February 2011 | Isla Secas
13 February 2011 | Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama
12 February 2011 | Punta Balsa
09 February 2011 | Golfito
07 February 2011 | Drakes Bay
06 February 2011 | Puntarenas to Drakes Bay
02 February 2011
10 January 2011 | Seattle, Washington
31 December 2010 | Puesta del Sol, Nicaragua
19 December 2010 | Bahia del Sol, El Salvadir
17 December 2010 | 14 42’N:92 24’W

Canned Peas but New Friends

23 February 2011 | Bahia Benao
We have no fresh food left. More importantly Dick has no beer left. As much as we love canned tuna and crackers, it is clearly time to see if we could get the dinghy ashore in an upright position. We stopped by each of the other boats to see if they wanted to join us including a new boat that had arrived earlier. FOXGLOVE had sailed here from Yokohoma, Japan spending two years in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska along the way. They joined us on our food foraging expedition and in the process a wonderful new friendship was begun. Yoshio was a firefighter on a fireboat in Yokohama harbor and Humi taught deaf children. Their English was minimal and our Japanese nonexistent but Humi’s ability to speak with her hands and Yoshi’s enthusiastic English allowed us to communicate easily. And they have a steel boat! While our trip ashore did not find any tiendas, we did have a nice lunch and some beer was added to the larder.
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Vessel Name: Mentor
Vessel Make/Model: Amazon 44
Hailing Port: Seattle, WA
Crew: Cindy and Dick Metler
About:
Dick and I began sailing together almost forty years ago. I was brought up messing around in boats while Dick found the zeal and passion of a true convert to life on the water after our marriage in 1970. [...]

Meet the Crew

Who: Cindy and Dick Metler
Port: Seattle, WA
MENTOR, the boat Design: Amazon 44 Builder: Hull and deck - Dieter Pollack Systems and interior - Dick and Cindy Metler Hull: Steel Rig: Cutter Length: 44 feet Beam: 13' 8" Draft: 6' 6" MENTOR derives her name from Greek mythology. During the Trojan Wars, Mentor was the friend and counselor to Odysseus and tutor to his son Telemachus. In modern English, the word has become an eponym for a wise trustworthy teacher. We have needed such during the construction period and will continue to rely on what this boat can teach us as we heed her voice and head to sea.