Bocas del Toro and Colombia
Well, finally managed to get some pictures on the blog!
Jeff still demolishing the old galley, we took a lot of weight of the boat and they kindly burned it in the marina for us, the good bits of wood were rescued ofcourse and dissappeared very quickly!
An empty space, most of the new galley was designed, so all we had to do was put it back together. Good thing we both enjoy all those jobs most of the time.
The beginning of the support/divisions.
Well, you cant eat ashore every day, so we put the stove in the cockpit and I managed to get some pretty good meals from there, teaches you how little space you really need. Although now the galley is finished , its very nice to have more and better space!
New countertop with some of the essentials, fruit , avocados and wine!
All done, what a pleasure to cook there, what a difference with before, at least I have some counterspace now and proper storage. The cupboards are the next stage, but we are now waiting for epoxy etc, the repairs we had to do a few months ago needed all we got, so we are relaxing at the moment in a lovely bay about 20 miles from Cartagena where the water is clear and we can swim and snorkel. There are few other boats here, its very safe and beautiful. Once a month we need to go back to Cartagena for our visas and to do some shopping, then after a couple of days in the "big" city we come back here.
These pictures are taken in Providencia, where we spend a couple of weeks with our friends Robin and Pete on PR2,.
Jeff still demolishing the old galley, we took a lot of weight of the boat and they kindly burned it in the marina for us, the good bits of wood were rescued ofcourse and dissappeared very quickly!
An empty space, most of the new galley was designed, so all we had to do was put it back together. Good thing we both enjoy all those jobs most of the time.
The beginning of the support/divisions.
Well, you cant eat ashore every day, so we put the stove in the cockpit and I managed to get some pretty good meals from there, teaches you how little space you really need. Although now the galley is finished , its very nice to have more and better space!
New countertop with some of the essentials, fruit , avocados and wine!
All done, what a pleasure to cook there, what a difference with before, at least I have some counterspace now and proper storage. The cupboards are the next stage, but we are now waiting for epoxy etc, the repairs we had to do a few months ago needed all we got, so we are relaxing at the moment in a lovely bay about 20 miles from Cartagena where the water is clear and we can swim and snorkel. There are few other boats here, its very safe and beautiful. Once a month we need to go back to Cartagena for our visas and to do some shopping, then after a couple of days in the "big" city we come back here.
These pictures are taken in Providencia, where we spend a couple of weeks with our friends Robin and Pete on PR2,.
On the way to a beach, where we ate fresh fish and watched a two horse race!!
Iguana in Providencia
The bay where we are anchored now, seen from a friends house.
These are our pets, we have 3 of them on the boat and they provide lots of entertainment!
The bay again at sunset.
The bay again at sunset.
Cartagena with the old city in the background.
We will be here till after the hurricane season, so there wont be a lot of news for a couple of months as we will be up and down between Cartagena and our bay. We will do a couple of short trips to the other islands here, the Rosarios, and we will start some projects again once we have new supplies to work with.
Thats it for now!
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I'm living aboard Storm Petrel in Suffolk, UK, playing sax in a jazz and blues trio, loving my dog that I got in Gran Canaria 2005, Loba.
Much love and good memories to you.
Clarissa XX