Oooops
'Sarf & West mate, Sarf & West'
Pete Bernfeld
Sat 16 Jan 2010 01:18
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10:10.524N 75:45.052W
Anchored at Isla Grande, Rosario
Group.
Well, my story is after about three weeks of the
chart plotter being innacurate in out of the way places, I had 'learn't ' not to
trust it. Consequently, after taking an ever-so-slightly wrong turning
amongst the reefs surrounding Isla Grande i didn't believe it when the chart
plotter showed us in the wrong 'alley'. Fortunately, there was not a crunch,
just a sudden deceleration, much consternation and hard astern (right hand down
a bit, Chief!).
Anyway, with a little bit of outside assistance
(you don't want to be over there, oh dear oh dear oh dear) we found our way into
the anchorage, minus about 5mm of antifouling!!!
I suppose that was a fitting end to the day. En
route a French boat crossed my stern and removed my favourite fishing lure from
the end of my line. I was totally confident that that particular lure was
the one to land smoked salmon AND I WAS RIGHT!!!! After the French b*gger
'liberated' it, we caught no smoked salmon whatsoever!
Oh well, ashore tomorrow to have a look around and
await the arrival of Delicado. A day or so here then a bit further west to
another group of Colombian islands, then the 'big jump' (about 120nm to the San
Blas Islands.
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