Category: guava…the early years
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Pics from the passages to Isla del Coco and Panama
11/11/2006 Passage to Isla del Coco and Panama These pics all taken on passages from Puntarenas, Costa Rica to Isla del Coco and from Isla del Coco to Panama…
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Puntarenas Futbol
10/30/2006, Puntarenas Futbol
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Puntarenas CYRC, Part 2
10/30/2006, Puntarenas CYRC, Part 2
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Puntarenas CYRC, Part 1
10/30/2006, Puntarenas CYRC, Part 1
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Mas Rancho Mastatal
06/11/2006, Mas Rancho Mastatal
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Rancho Mastatal continued…
06/11/2006, Rancho Mastatal, Costa Rica continued… Tim and Robin are immersed in the local community and help on many levels. Aside from employing many locals, they built the bus stop and have a hand in upgrades and repairs around town. During our visit futbol was in full swing and their involvement runs deep. The game we…
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Rancho Mastatal, Costa Rica
06/11/2006, Rancho Mastatal, Costa Rica Finding a safe place to anchor Guava in Playa Panama, Costa Rica we traveled inland to visit friends for a couple of weeks. Tim and Robin, friends from Seattle, relocated to Costa Rica a few years ago. Finding a beautiful property in the mountains south of San Jose, they have carved…
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Costa Rica, Part 5
06/01/2006, Costa Rica, Part 5 Upon our arrival at Isla del Cano we found no boats in the small rocky anchorage and promptly rowed to shore with gifts for the park ranger. Christian accepted some bread and beers and informed us of the fees to anchor and the diving regulations. We negotiated around the requirement to…
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Costa Rica, Part 4
06/01/2006, Costa Rica, Part 4 The anchorage here, while fine in calm weather, is exposed in a blow. Returning that afternoon we found a fishermans net tangled in Guava’s anchor chain. After unravelling for an hour we were free and decided to remain anchored while our new friends Mark and Liz on S/V Scholarship departed for…
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Costa Rica, Part 3
06/01/2006, Costa Rica, Part 3 Courtney was recently certified in Utila, Honduras yet her demeanor below the surface was that of an ole pro. In no time we had doubled and tripled her logged dives. These conditions are more difficult than your standard dive charter. Dinghy diving takes practice and often the toughest part of our…
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