9 58.948 N, 84 47.603 W Puntarenas
This morning we were up early so we could arrive at Puntarenas before the flood. We followed the waypoints from the S/V Sarana cruising guide until we met up with Timo, the pilot, who led us the rest of the way to the Costa Rica Yacht Club. The waypoints were spot on by the way.
We are tied to a floating dock that is moored fore and aft in line with the flow of the river. When we arrived Chiky was waiting at the dock to grab our lines. We had to manuever a little due to the current. The depth was 3.6 meters when we arrived. Now our depth meter shows 1.2 meters as we rest on our keel with a list to port. We will see how that works sleeping tonight as I am on the downhill side.
We hail the panga on channel 06 and they pick us up and deliver us across the river at the yacht club. Reg and Phoebe of SV Three Sheets are tied fore and aft to mooring buoys on the other side. We went in together, had breakfast at the restaurant on site and got checked in.
As they have free wifi we coordinated some of our inland trip. The plan is to depart on Saturday morning for the Los Angeles Cloud Reserve, visiting San Ramon on the way. We are booked for three nights which will give us time to check out the flora and fauna. Next we drive through Grecia and Sarchi and on to a bed and breakfast near the Poas Volcanic National Park. The next day we will check out the volcano. We are not sure where we will go next.
Watch this space for details.
This morning we were up early so we could arrive at Puntarenas before the flood. We followed the waypoints from the S/V Sarana cruising guide until we met up with Timo, the pilot, who led us the rest of the way to the Costa Rica Yacht Club. The waypoints were spot on by the way.
Following the pilot boat
We are tied to a floating dock that is moored fore and aft in line with the flow of the river. When we arrived Chiky was waiting at the dock to grab our lines. We had to manuever a little due to the current. The depth was 3.6 meters when we arrived. Now our depth meter shows 1.2 meters as we rest on our keel with a list to port. We will see how that works sleeping tonight as I am on the downhill side.
We hail the panga on channel 06 and they pick us up and deliver us across the river at the yacht club. Reg and Phoebe of SV Three Sheets are tied fore and aft to mooring buoys on the other side. We went in together, had breakfast at the restaurant on site and got checked in.
As they have free wifi we coordinated some of our inland trip. The plan is to depart on Saturday morning for the Los Angeles Cloud Reserve, visiting San Ramon on the way. We are booked for three nights which will give us time to check out the flora and fauna. Next we drive through Grecia and Sarchi and on to a bed and breakfast near the Poas Volcanic National Park. The next day we will check out the volcano. We are not sure where we will go next.
Watch this space for details.
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