One would think that after all that has happened, our shakedown cruise would have been delightful.
Much of it was. The kids were with us, and we took long walks, snorkeled, swam, read, lay in the warm sunshine--all the things you would want to do from a boat at the Isthmus. Then the generator quit on us; next was the dvd player (no biggie); then the water maker; the sink clogged up; and then on the morning we were to sail home, the engine wouldn't start. Mark finally had to jump start the battery as you would on a car. Would we give it up? No way!