Made it to the Rio no problem on the 21st. After a nice overnight sail from Utila. I had one passenger along for the ride, Amber from Canada, who was coming to Rio Dulce to meet up with her brother.
I would have liked to have gotten here earlier, but last weekend there were two coldfronts back to back that made the weather really iffy. So I waited until Tuesday the 20th to leave Utila. The weather has been pretty good since then though, thankfully.
I’m here to deal with the final disposition of Sjelle’s boat. A local guy here in Guatemala is interested in buying it, but for a much lower price than what Sjelle was asking. I spent the past couple of days stripping the boat down of its valuable fixtures, and will offer to sell him just the hull and motor and what’s left aboard.
It’s kinda good to see the river, at least since I know this is a VERY short visit, and I expect to leave this area soon. Got to say hi to some old friends, and get caught up on the local chisme. My GC friend Mitzy will head down on Monday to crew with me back to Honduras. Also have a passenger along, Eleanor, from Israel who will also be heading back to Utila.
Luigi and a couple of other people are interested in the various other parts I stripped from the boat, so I should be able to wrap up everything soon. So I should have much of Sjelle’s parts sold off soon.
I hope to be out of the river again by wednesday so I can move on to getting my boat hauled out and its bottom painted. All to get the boat headed eastward by mid/late March.
That’s the plan…