We had great time in Cocos but had to make some tough decisions while there. It seems that our batteries were not keeping a charge, which led to a serious sit down talk. After going over our options we decided to turn the boat around and head for Panama to order a new bank of batteries. Making that decision was not an easy one, it meant that our plans for the South Pacific would be put on hold till next year. As we all know, you need to go when the weather is right and getting a late start could be disastrous. On our way we had some beautiful places to anchor and met some nice folks as well.We ended up having to tow "White Rose" into Taboga, an island off of Panama, that started a whole other adventure of repairing boats, transporting boat parts and taking some wild rides into Panama City on the ferry that just about flies to town in a mere 20 minutes.
Al at the Dock, a pic of Tobago from the boat.
fishing off the pier
a friend in Bahia Honda
