JR North wrote:
The Jolly Roger would more likely come sailing in in the dead of night
than you hoisting one there.
JR

HK wrote:
Winterizing son of Yo Ho this weekend, or early next week.

I was hoping for another couple of days of warm weather before the
middle of November, but it doesn't look like it is going to happen.

Right now, it is in the low 40's, with an 18-knot northerly wind.
Water temp has dropped to the mid-50's.

Summer in Seattle weather, maybe, but not the sort of weather in which
I enjoy open boat boating.

Meanwhile, my retired friend who lives in Costa Rica sent me a couple
of ads for islands for sale right off the coast of Nicaragua. $350,000
American for a three acre island with a house with diesel generator,
globalstar sat phone, a caretaker house, a concrete pier, white sand
beach, and "owner financing."

I wonder how often the island is under water during storms? The house
is 40' above sea level.

:} Be fun to raise the old Jolly Roger there.




It certainly is a consideration. My friend who retired to Costa Rica
says he hasn't had any problems with local criminals, but he has heard
or read of a couple of cases. He says Costa Rica is safer than the
United States. I have no idea what "crime" is like in Nicaragua.
Actually, I have no interest in moving there, but I know a few families
who have moved to Costa Rica and they seem to like it a lot. A mutual
friend from here is heading down to Costa Rica early in December and got
a round-trip air ticket for $325. Not bad.