Listened to the Breakfast Club. The weather forecast sounded favorable, so we weighed anchor and carefully retraced the route we'd followed coming in. I stood on the roof to watch for shallow spots.
Just before leaving, Roy had cleaned the water filter for the engine. We'd gone about two miles when he noticed the engine was getting hot. He suddenly remembered he'd forgotten to re-open the water valve after cleaning the filter. He dove into the engine compartment and opened the valve. In a few minutes the engine temperature was normal. Fortunately, we'd been going slowly, so no great harm was done.
The rest of the day was uneventful. We cleared Isla San Andres and its reefs and headed north. For a change, it didn't rain. The temperature was pleasant. There was a light breeze, so we used both sails and engine.
Incidents I forgot to record:
One night when we were sailing, Roy was sleeping blissfully on the port berth. All of a sudden, whammo! The stainless steel thermos bottle shot out of its perch over the oven and clobbered him on the forehead. Cut him over the right eye. What a rude awakening! The thermos is now kept in a safer place.
Another time, I raised the lid on the starboard bench in the cockpit, and the unsecured front panel with its heavy vise crashed down on my left foot. The same thing had happened a few weeks ago. My foot was just getting back to normal from the first time. Now it's all swollen and sore again.
A couple of weeks ago on the Breakfast Club, they told of a U.S. sailboat, California Girl, that had wrecked on some rocks in Costa Rica. The Costa Rican authorities first said they'd recovered the body of the skipper, Bill Forest; the next day they said they had not recovered the body. No one else had been on the boat. Now, after all this time, Bill Forest has miraculously turned up alive! He was found, badly sunburned, wandering around in the jungle. No other details are available as yet.
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