We had an absolute fantastic time at Fishhook Marina. Management at the marina is doing a great job, friendly staff are always willing to lent a hand. The food are very good, every meal on the menu tasted great. We worked very hard getting the boat ready for our trip to Galapagos. All the standing rig was washed and inspected, the bilges washed and tested, Dinis fixed the little problem we had with the wind vane, the boat, the sails and all the canvas were washed. Dinis dived again to clean the bottom of the boat and also the propeller. We spend a little more time than what we anticipated, but with the heat there was no other way. We had little time to explore Golfito, but the town was clean and we had a warm feeling from the people.
Yesterday, Tuesday 15 March we took the bus to Paso Canoas to do our big provisioning. It was a very interesting trip and very busy. The shops are on the border between Costa Rica and Panama. Entering a shop from the front you are in Costa Rica, exiting at the back door you are in Panama. We ended up buying all our provisioning from City Mall in Panama. What a beautiful shop and it has air conditioning. We especially stock up on tin green vegetables as our trip from Galapagos to the Marquesas will be about 25 to 32 days.
While we were shopping the marina took care of our International Zarpe, getting our passports stamped and paying the exit duties. This was a great service they did, as we heard other cruisers doing the clearing out by themselves having quite a hard time. We were extremely happy for this service, as this was the easiest checking out by far and coming in second was clearing out in El Salvador at Barrillas Marina. We were very impressed with the professionalism of Lidia Galimany, the General Manager, and her staff. Anybody that want to get information can visit the marina web page at www.fishhookmarina.net or email info@fishhookmarina.net
We also met great fellow cruisers and fishermen at the marina. We also met up with our friends Janet and John from s/v Wanderlust. They arrived a few days after we did in Golfito. We were very fortunate to meet Rosemary and her son David, unfortunately her husband was away for work during our stay at the marina. They are the proud owners of the world famous 1928 Staysail Schooner NINA since 1988. NINA became famous in the 1928 race from New York to Santander, Spain, for which she was expressly built. She won the 3900 mile race in 24 days and was greeted by King Alfonso from his launch.
We left the marina yesterday to fuel up and drop anchor for the night. This morning we left Golfito at 07:30 am local time. We have 707 nm mile to go and there are not much wind forecast for today. We will continue motoring at a low rpm and I will do another weather report to see if the wind will improve. For now we will do a straight course towards Isla San Cristobal, in Galapagos. We have a small current in our favour.
I will do a position report every morning so you can follow our progress across the ocean.
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