Moved over to the appropriately named town of El Estor—The Store—where we anchored as close to shore as we could and I jumped off to paddleboard in to a little restaurant and then go off shopping for carb cleaner (dinghy), gas engine oil (new generator), and transmission oil. I got … Read More
Twin Engines Again
Transmission is back home where she belongs. Step one was just picking it up and getting it to the boat. Watermakers Air is basically just a plane, a pilot, and a couple of employees who ferry guests in golf carts from the runway to the Yacht Club resort. I felt … Read More
Special Delivery
Around Staniel Cay there are all sorts of different small cays, rocks, and sand bars to explore. It’s hard to believe that tourists pay hundreds of dollars for a tour to Pig Beach. It’s a madhouse during the day, but in the evening when everyone else has left, it is … Read More
Monumental
The Monument Hill explorers went off without me, leaving me greasy and unhappy in the engine compartment. Little did they know how difficult it could be to find a way to the top of a hill without a human GPS. Well, that part seems easy enough. But before they got … Read More
To the Boat
What day is it? I’m so confused. Late Tuesday night I left the house in heavy downpours and climbed on a bus headed for Guaymas. It’s a twelve hour bus ride, but fortunately not the chicken buses of old. These days we get wifi and two clean non-stinky bathrooms—and not … Read More