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Friday morning we woke up just before the crack of dawn in hope that there would be less traffic surrounding the marina so that Coen could climb up the mast without being thrown around like a cowboy trying to hold on to a bull. We established the day before that we had a new problem … Continue reading »

I apologise for the title of this post, but I couldn’t help myself. This day was make or break day as we had to cruise to a shipyard 4 nmi (Nautical Miles) away in order to renaissance with the repaired mast that had to be be lifted by a big, inland crane from a lorry, … Continue reading »

On Monday Victoria and I went for a two day trip to Playa Blanca which is about 20 km south-west from Cartagena. We took a combination of Taxi (8,000 COP), Bus (1,700 COP), Boat and Taxi (10,000 COP including the ferry) again to get there the cheap way. The normal route would be to take … Continue reading »