Saturday, 10 May 2014

Costa Coffee

I really enjoyed the race down from San Francisco, but we are now motoring to keep to our schedule and allotted time when we transit through the Panama Canal. The calm weather and the fact we are motoring means we have been able to get on with some maintenance chores and deep cleaning. The other day I spent a few hours polishing the mast (which is now sparkling) and carried out some minor repairs to the sails. Having now finished all the jobs this means we have got some more time to relax and when we get to Panama we can enjoy the transit without having to do anymore cleaning!

We are currently motoring with Invest Africa who we had to tow for a day, due to them running low on fuel. The two boats then had a 'Pub Quiz' over the VHF Radio and I was the communicator; at first I was terrible over the radio, but after a while I got used to it!

Yesterday was Skipper Matt's Birthday, we had all written cards and Orla made cupcakes for everyone, also the crew of Invest Africa made super cake for him! Then later on we called into Costa Rica a fuel pit stop. Now it's full speed ahead and we hope to arrive into Panama on Sunday lunchtime! 

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