Recently an American vessel named Evenstar was lost on route to Ecuador from Panama. All hands were rescued safely by a passing freighter.
IT WAS NOT US.
There was a second Evenstar sharing the anchorage with us in Panama. I met the owner a couple of times and I’d like to offer Rick my condolences on the loss of his vessel and home. It is a shattering loss, and our thoughts are with him.
This probably will not make the news in the U.S. as it was not spectacular and nobody died. But it will probably make the sailing news and forums and some of you may pick up word of it. We heard when a friend e-mailed us to make sure we were OK, as he was following the situation via SSB nets.
But to all our friends and family and everyone following us in our travels – we are all fine and Evenstar is still afloat.
