Off Again
Fleck
Fri 22 Feb 2008 19:49
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Well, not just yet, but I do hope to be out of this
boatyard in about a week and through the canal very early March. Recovering from
a 24 hour journey and acclimatising to the heat: this seems easier now, I'm
begining to think it is perhaps the cold weather in Blighty that doesn't
suit!
Not sure if we have an audience or not, last trip's
blog was apparently too racy for the Russells Hall computer, and got blocked!
It was a relief to find Fleck safe and sound, but
so far more bad news than good with my jobs and with local authorities. I have
been fined a hundred dollars for an expired cruising permit, and I have lost two
little screws on a piece of electronic gear that sits at the masthead and tells
me about the wind: easy enough to replace in the UK, but out here?!. May have to
resort to the traditional method of holding a wet finger in the air. Also
ordered antifouling hasn't arrived: deja vu Opus Marina in Coracao.
There were riots in Colon last week, but
didn't interfere with BBC 24 hour news. Only one person was shot.
Sad end to an iguana on the boat park last night:
the boat boys spotted a three feet long one in the jungle beside the park, and
all dropped their work and chased it into the open and stoned it to death. I'm
told that they taste good, but try telling the anti foxhunt poeple that all
human beings don't enjoy a chase: these guys went wild. An American woman was in
tears, but I certainly wasn't going to come between a Panamanian Hunt and their
supper.
Writing this over lunch which is the hottest part
of the day, but cool in the AC clubhouse. Unfortunately my Marina WiFi
internet connection was now gone down, so I may have to send this be satellite
phone later
Richard
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