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WANDERING GYPSY
Flexibility is the operative word aboard GYPSY. Yes, we hope to make measurable progress towards California (and avoid nasty weather, when possible), but the journey is our reward, not the destination. We are opportunists -- willing to let sea and circumstance guide us where they will. Pleasure and adventure are the defining criteria for choosing a route. The plan is to avoid planning. That being said, what follows is a tentative schedule of where we'll be over the next few months...
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Nov. 9, 2001 |
Balboa, Panama |
Post-Canal repairs and provisioning |
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November 26 |
Las Secas, Panama |
Island lay-over near Costa Rica |
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December 1 |
Gulfito, Costa Rica |
Southermost port-- a cruising haven |
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December 8 |
Drake Bay |
Eco-retreat on Osa Penninsula |
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December 14 |
Punta Leona |
Rendez vous with sister |
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December 26 |
Golfo de Nicoya |
Cruising Costa Rica for holidays |
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Jan. 5, 2002 |
Bahia del Coco |
Last stop in Costa Rica |
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January 14 |
Puerto Corinto, Nicaragua |
Lay-over heading north |
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January 18 |
Puerto Henecan, Honduras |
Secluded port in Bay of Fonseca |
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January 22 |
La Union, El Salvador |
Another port in Fonseca |
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January 26 |
Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala |
Safe base for trips to the interior |
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I must be worthy of the great DiMaggio, who does all things perfectly, even with the pain of the bone spur in his heal.
The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
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