As some of you know I'll be retiring this spring, probably, and I'd like a little info for what I'd like to be my first sail. I have a cousin that has acreage around Loma Partida, in
Colombia. She has a 12x18 house with a 40 foot
boat dock. She got rid of the peace corp potty and now has a flush
toilet. whoopee!! She's building a larger house with the help of Indian laborers. They get paid $9.00 a day and do a lot of
work.
She's just installed
solar panels,
generator and has has
cell phone service.I'd like to go down and see her and spend some time in the tropics. What
weather will likely be encountered and I can't go straight there from
Florida because someone put
Cuba in the way.
Would I be better to stay within sight of the coast or just go for it. She said that some of the prettiest sailing conditions that she's ever seen are around "her island".
her website is :
MySpace.com - Michelle - 100 - Female - Loma Partida, Panama and Ocean Isle Beach , North Carolina - www.myspace.com/mantamamma
I'll be sailing a
boat something like a HC33. I was sure until I read some great posts and did more
research on this blasted forum. Clippers are very pretty and appear to be extremely seakindly also. I'll take my checkbook and
vacation in the next few months and stay gone until I close on a boat.
Has anyone made this trip and .....uh...how was it?? Check out Michelle's website and you'll see pics of her cat (ocelot) named Rita and all kinds of wildlife. Thanks again for any help. ---Bill---
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