20:44.882n 105:22.677w La Cruze de Huanacaxtle

Farr Gone Blog
Stuart Cannon
Tue 22 Mar 2011 04:31
Its the final couple of days before the big push and if it wasn't for the last minute, well where would we be?
Provisioning is a nightmare on your own especially when you have the culinary skills of a two year old. Never mind the stress, its happenning and if it takes a day or two more,,,,
Weather is looking good, and the boat is almost ready. There are never enough spares and then when something goes wrong you dont have a spare for that particular item. Murphy was definitely an optimist when it comes to sailing.
Today was a mixture of nightmare at Costco and getting electrics refined. Is it going to be alright? I recently bought some chain which had been advertised on the radio net which is on everymorning for 20 minutes. I responded and a dinghy ride out to a little 26 footer happened. The boat was small and a bit rough. I hailed the boat and was greeted by a very attractive blonde 20 something with a gorgeous smile. I tied the dinghy and her boyfriend emerged to my great dissappointment, not really but its fun to fantasize. The boat was ferro cement. He had sold the motor and the money for the motor meant he got the boat for free. The boat is heavy, it even had a wood fired combustion stove on board with no room below. The dinghy was a fold up plywood affair with a small mast. The amazing part is that this couple had sailed from Oregon and were heading for the Horn and up to the Carribean. Without a motor the Panama canal is out. The doldrums are at their worst from Panama to Ecuador and they think it may take a couple of months to get through that bit as they will have to row a bit. I think of them often while I'm stressing about the radar signal or whether the flat screen uses too much power.
This is the first post to a system that I hopes works to chart the position of Farr Gone in coming months. It apparently works over sat phone so lets hope.
Stu 21/3/11