February 3, 2012
Weighed anchor at 1045 this morning and proceeded to to Rio Azucar for fresh water. Although we have a water maker onboard that has an output of three gallons per hour, we are four persons and I have to run it around three hours a day to keep up with demand. Whenever I can get fresh water, I'm happy to take it on. Rio Azucar is one of those places where they have a dock that provides fresh water from the Rio Diablo. It is on the leeward side of the island and coming alongside one has to be careful not to knock over one of the "outhouses" on the bow very close by. Other than water, Rio Azucar has very little to recommend it. We loaded our water and left for the Coco Banderos Cays which are 8 nm Northwest.
We departed Rio Azucar at 1342 and dropped anchor in the Coco Banderos Cays (9-30.6' N 78-37.1' W) at 1530. This group of cays is remote with few yachts but stunningly beautiful. There is a Kuna on one of the islands that was a former Mormon missionary and spent quite a bit of time in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is building a beautiful thatched roof restaurant on one of the islands and has ambitious plans for attracting yachties. He indicated that he was a "beer" drinking Mormon and no longer associated with the church. We wish him luck with his restaurant but can't see how he will succeed in a place that has such limited anchoring for visiting yachts.
We did a lot of swimming, snorkeling, exploring and collecting shells on the Coco Banderos Cays. It was a wonderful time spent with our good friends John and Karin. Every island is a treasure onto itself. We can see that global warming is starting to overwhelm many of the low islands in the San Blas area. Many remnants of coconut trees are seen under water where there was once land.
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