Anchored in Barra lagoon - We went to the Sands Hotel for ribs, yummy! - 2013

Middle of February 2013 – Anchored in Barra-Bahia de Navidad lagoon

Debbie to immediate right (her hair any way) 😎

We went to the Sands Hotel in Barra for a Cruiser's rib dinner.

Edgar and Jackie run the restaurant there and I heard make a killer burger. I will definitely need to check it out.

It was good fun and we did some dancing even though Debbie has had a bad cold. Debbie sucked it up and went to the dinner and they made up a veggie plate for her.

The band was the “Banditos” and they were pretty good. They played a bunch of old rock tunes we could dance to. It is so nice here with live music for most things. Not disk jockeys etc.

 We took the dinghy over and after a couple stops for socializing at some boats at anchorage we blasted in. The Honda 9.9 hp outboard on the Achilles LSI-310E just flies along. Being in the Barra lagoon it was flat so we were just skimming along. We took a starboard turn to try a new route by an island and the spray from the dinghy was flying off the port side! Wild and crazy dingying! We did make it without flipping the dinghy over and the run back is always weird in the dark (less than half moon) as there are no lights in the lagoon for markers. You will run aground in the dinghy if you are not careful.

Note:
  A couple years later we took the dingy out for a ride with a hand held Garmin and with Debbie and I in the Achilles LSI-310E dingy we were going 15 knots!. Regular speed boat!

 Debbie was holding a flash light for us to see and be seen with. We actually did run aground twice leaving but were going slow at that time. Yes there is no need to speed except it is fun to have the wind in you hair and skim along at more than five knots. Just like sailing the Islander Freeport s\v Elegant'sea at over six - seven knots is way fun so is the dinghy stuff.