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Pacific Grace 2003 Leg 2
The second leg of the 2003 offshore:
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to Puntarenas, Costa Rica
November 16 to January 16, 2004
The Sail and Life Training Society is a veteran of four previous deep sea adventures. This will be the first visit of the Pacific Grace to many of the countries, ports and remote communities which are familiar to the Graceīs sister training ship, the Pacific Swift. The voyage will be comprised of four distinct legs.Trainees may apply for one or more legs with no restriction as to numbers of legs except for availability at the time of application. Each leg will consist of several intermediate stops between ports of arrival or departure; however, these stops are subject to prevailing weather and the political situation and may be increased or eliminated at the discretion of the shipīs master.
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tracking Pacific Grace: 35 recorded positions
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to Puntarenas, Costa Rica
November 16 to January 16, 2004
The Sail and Life Training Society is a veteran of four previous deep sea adventures. This will be the first visit of the Pacific Grace to many of the countries, ports and remote communities which are familiar to the Graceīs sister training ship, the Pacific Swift. The voyage will be comprised of four distinct legs.Trainees may apply for one or more legs with no restriction as to numbers of legs except for availability at the time of application. Each leg will consist of several intermediate stops between ports of arrival or departure; however, these stops are subject to prevailing weather and the political situation and may be increased or eliminated at the discretion of the shipīs master.
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tracking Pacific Grace: 35 recorded positions
| Last Position: 9°33'36.00 N 84°32'24.00 W on January 8th 2004 @ 21:15 |
Ship's Log:
Yesterday we found the surf wanting at Jaco so we enjoyed a lazy sail up the gulf and anchored by a small island known as Jesusita. A group of howler monkeys were exceptionally noisy here and at 0430 this morning they woke everyone sleeping on deck up. A very spooky sound at that time of day.
Set sail again at 1000hrs and moved to Isla San Lucas 8 miles to the north. San Lucas was the site of a maximum security penitentiary for almost a 100 yrs. During a visit to Punta Arenas in 89/90 some of our trainees traveled there to buy curios from the minimum security prisoners who sold to the public on Sundays to make some spare cash. As of 1991 the prison has been closed. I had heard that it might be possible to tour the site if one was polite to the guards stationed here. So today we went ashore with our best behavior and found that once permission was granted from Punta Arenas the visit should be no problem. Our agent has assured me that he will have all thats needed by 0745 tomorrow morning and that he will have the call made to the guards here. Today I did get a short tour of the site and I must say that it is straight out of the movie Papillon. Concrete isolation tanks for the unruly, only just large enough for a man to stand upright in, balls and chains for the legs and art work on the cell walls done in blood. San Lucas was established in 1893 and was not the nicest place to be if you needed max security. Iīll give you the details tomorrow after the tour. We should be back in P.A. by noon, soon after our visit ashore here.
Tonight we are having a huge "sweet home Alabama" party for Wendy Farrens as she needs to leave us early tomorrow to be home in time for school commitments. Everyone is dressed to the "9s" dancing and eating delicious deserts.We will miss Wendy dearly.
Set sail again at 1000hrs and moved to Isla San Lucas 8 miles to the north. San Lucas was the site of a maximum security penitentiary for almost a 100 yrs. During a visit to Punta Arenas in 89/90 some of our trainees traveled there to buy curios from the minimum security prisoners who sold to the public on Sundays to make some spare cash. As of 1991 the prison has been closed. I had heard that it might be possible to tour the site if one was polite to the guards stationed here. So today we went ashore with our best behavior and found that once permission was granted from Punta Arenas the visit should be no problem. Our agent has assured me that he will have all thats needed by 0745 tomorrow morning and that he will have the call made to the guards here. Today I did get a short tour of the site and I must say that it is straight out of the movie Papillon. Concrete isolation tanks for the unruly, only just large enough for a man to stand upright in, balls and chains for the legs and art work on the cell walls done in blood. San Lucas was established in 1893 and was not the nicest place to be if you needed max security. Iīll give you the details tomorrow after the tour. We should be back in P.A. by noon, soon after our visit ashore here.
Tonight we are having a huge "sweet home Alabama" party for Wendy Farrens as she needs to leave us early tomorrow to be home in time for school commitments. Everyone is dressed to the "9s" dancing and eating delicious deserts.We will miss Wendy dearly.
Observations:
Clear with light breezes
Readings:
| Pressure | B1019 |
| Wind | NE05 |
| Temp | |
| processed: 2004-01-08 22:55:01 |
