Boat Hopping

It would seem that the Durban crew went out for dinner the other night, if you're wondering how they manage that whilst motoring off the coast of Costa Rica & Panama, well this update from Trudy on board WesternAustralia2011.com:

We’re still a long way from Panama and don’t have enough fuel to motor all the way, therefore there has been a slight change of plan, which proved momentarily confusing for some of us. 

The news was that the day would have us heading to Costa Rica for fuel and calling in to Durban for dinner en-route. Eh? Scratching of heads, rubbing of eyes and blank stares elicited further explanation; Durban ‘the boat’ had invited us over for dinner.

We would make the rendezvous point first and as it was scorching hot and the sea was like glass, we had the chance to scrub up for our night out. And so it was that we had a little crew swap for the evening and a jolly nice night out it was too.  Food was good, a change of company and conversation was inspiring, having a nosey around their boat compulsory. A few hours later our boats met up again to return crew, only it turned into a bit of a sleepover and westernaustralia2011.com had a few extra bods to put up for the night. Not a problem, it was extremely hot and plenty of room on deck to house everyone. Spare bedding found, hot chocolates drank, we were a happy and sleepy boat. The stars were out, the wind was fresh and the light-show was amazing. Hold on, we don’t usually have a light-show. A few minutes later a fantastic lightning display was underway. Worried it might rain, I consulted with one of our RTW-ers as to the likelihood of rain and was assured, “guaranteed it absolutely would not rain” - it poured! However, it only added to a very memorable and fun evening!

Trudy Willows