One of the most dysfunctional groups to have hit Bocas in recent memory has abandoned town, leaving behind a mess.
The boat they were renting, a sixty foot trimaran, is desperately in need of some diligence. A half constructed building has been abandoned, the rent for the location unpaid, the construction company left holding the bag for labor and materials. Workers have been laid off, unpaid for months of work.
Today I will cut the locks off the trimaran and we shall start to assess the damage. We are looking for the $180,000 42 foot Beneteau to seize. Speaking of which, the owner decided that a competent captain cost too much so he had an idiot captain the boat on a charter. The clown managed to reef it at Coral Key/Crawl Cay.
Boatless, my options for tending to things have been seriously reduced. First order of business is to attempt to get the foot on my outboard repaired. This is going to be costly. I am looking for a 15 HP outboard and will borrow a friend's 12' little sailboat to get around in the meantime.
Do I really have to take a water taxi and ride on a bus for an hour to get a price on an outboard? It ain't easy here.
The boat they were renting, a sixty foot trimaran, is desperately in need of some diligence. A half constructed building has been abandoned, the rent for the location unpaid, the construction company left holding the bag for labor and materials. Workers have been laid off, unpaid for months of work.
Today I will cut the locks off the trimaran and we shall start to assess the damage. We are looking for the $180,000 42 foot Beneteau to seize. Speaking of which, the owner decided that a competent captain cost too much so he had an idiot captain the boat on a charter. The clown managed to reef it at Coral Key/Crawl Cay.
Boatless, my options for tending to things have been seriously reduced. First order of business is to attempt to get the foot on my outboard repaired. This is going to be costly. I am looking for a 15 HP outboard and will borrow a friend's 12' little sailboat to get around in the meantime.
Do I really have to take a water taxi and ride on a bus for an hour to get a price on an outboard? It ain't easy here.
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