Monday, April 10
Anchored in Golfito Harbor, Costa Rica
Position: 08’37 N 083’09 W
Weather: Sunny with rain clouds in the distance
News:
The boys washed the boat this morning and then we upped anchor and headed
the 8 miles North East toward the entrance of Golfito Harbor. I was
prepared with my best Spanish for my radio call to the Port Captain on
arrival but received no reply. Eventually I contacted the Banana Bay
Marina who advised us that the entire week is a holiday in Costa Rica.
Banana Bay was very helpful and organized the immigration and customs
paperwork to get the boats “National Zarpe” which is kind of a cruising
permit that lets you go to the next port in Costa Rica. It sounds easy
enough but because of the holiday involved chasing officials down for
signatures all over town which ate up most of the day. A couple of the
crew ventured into town just as another torrential rain storm came through
and dropped what I would guess was 2-3 inches of rain in a couple of hours.
I was interested to see a 45 ft powerboat in the marina named “Nantucket
Sleighride”, and had to take a few pictures of it. Looks like we will
leave this evening and head up the coast to Los Suenos.
John
