The boat is being hauled out today in Costa Rica. Chris flew down there for the quick half day survey.. UGH! Anyway we know he needs to be there for this but he/we is/are really missing the family over the holiday weekend and really hates to be away. The haul out was done at a facility not really made to do this.. but they have done it before and say they can. OMG... close quarters. They had to measure the keels to make sure they could fit on their platform. We are talking Centimeters. We found out that they only place to haul a boat our size out (47' x 26.1') in Central America is Panama, this place in Costa Rica and Acapulco Mexico. There is a brand new facility being built in Quepos but isn't available until the middle of may and that is just too late for us to get this done. This facility is an hour and a half north of Quepos, in a tidal estuary. This means once you get in you have to wait until the next day to leave... and it is run by a gentlemen named Sammy that is about 70 - 80 years old, speaks fluent english and was a aircraft engineer. Who knew. This is what I love about the adventures. You just never know the people you will meet. So Fun.
SO.... YAY!! So far so good... One leap for on delay.... One giant leap for the Tzortzis Family. The survey turned out better than expected. Everything looks really fantastic. So on to the next challenge. We will just keep plugging away and meeting challenge after challenge... or as they say, opportunities... until 2016...
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