Morpheus was designed by Carl Schumacher, built by Davie Norris Boatbuilders in New Zealand and launched in 2002. She spent her first 18 months cruising the South Pacific before reaching her home port of San Francisco. Since that time, Morpheus has been raced and cruised extensively. This blog will document her ongoing adventures.
Sigrid and I stayed at a resort overlooking the Gulf de Papagayo in '91. We got our dive certification there from Mario Vargas at a dive operation near the beach.
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As I recall, the brand of choice was something called something like (spelled phonetically) - "etikettie rojas con plumay" - which I believed translated to "Red Label with feathers". Kind of a local joke playing off ordering a presumed premium liquor like Red Label. The bottle had a red label with the graphic of an indian wearing a headdress.
Terrible stuff, but you don't care after two or three shots. Wait until Patrick is there so he can carry you back to the boat.
great to see the trip is going well. let's discuss a meet in the caribbean during snowy cold season in the tundra....
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