Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Arriving Playas del Coco without Engine


We lost our engine 25 miles out of Costa Rica and bucking the current and light winds it took us two days to come close to port. At 3 am in the morning the current carrying us in towards shore I called on the VHF for help. Friends from "Themroc" motored out 8 miles in the open ocean in pitch black in thier dingy and strapping alongside brought us into port. Under starlight, with the harbor water as still as a mirror I let go of the anchor, and watched it all the way to the bottom 30ft below and dig in. Incredible.

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