<OT> Re: ???

[David Bandel]

On 1/29/07, Tony Alfrey <tonyalfrey at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Net Llama! wrote:
> > On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> >> Oh $*%&^, now you've done it.  You're gonna have the poor guy frothing
> >> at the mouth and spending every cent he has on some leaky wreck, just to
> >> get his butt half way out in the Gulf, and get it shot off by the US
> >> Coast Guard thinking that he's smuggling cocaine.
> >> By the way, how far are you from the *west* coast?
> >
> > Seeing as how Panama is only a few miles across, I'd imagine it would be a
> > short trip from either side.
> >
>
> See, this is what we call a subtle joke.  I rant about Ric getting all
> bothered about sailing to Panama, yet I'm asking how to get there from
> the other side.  So who's *really* up for sailing to Panama?

Yes, Panama is not very wide.  The canal is only 50 miles long.  It's
a little wider here.  I am _very_ close to the Pacific ocean (only a
few kilometers).  Problem is, if you're bringing in a sailboat, you
need to watch your draft and come in at high tide through the channel
at Boca Brava to come in to Pedregal Port.  With Tides here averaging
14 feet, and some of the currents, we have our challenges.  It will be
_much_ easier from someone coming in on the Atlantic side, mooring,
catching the plane, and flying over.  Quicker too.

But any yachtees that get down this way are welcome.  BTW, I run the
local Sailmail station (HF) as well as a Winlink (HAM-HF) station.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
-- 
Focus on the dream, not the competition.
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