Fishing With Chris

So tomorrow afternoon we’ll be meeting at the Costa Boats (San Jose, Costa Rica) showroom to hopefully purchase a new boat. I met with Mateo, the owner, and his staff last week and looked over a 2 year old 25′ “Samara” that we were able to agree on what I think is a pretty fair price for the boat in its condition. Additionaly Mateo agreed to handle a few of the blemishes and shine her up a bit at no charge.

The plan is to get to the showroom and then head over to the workshop where they are touching up the minor details and get an idea of how fast they are moving. If all goes well, they have it about done and we will move on to the motors.

With a little luck, by friday we at least have decided on what to put on her…1 big one or two smaller ones. There are pros and cons to both, the most obvious is with the one big motor if something breaks, you aren’t moving. Enter the “kicker motor” option which pretty much just hangs a few thousand dollars off the back of the boat with the hopes of never actually needing to use it. And should the need arise to return on the “mini” motor one day, it will be at a whopping 5-6 knots. That’s a six hour ride from 30 miles, leading into the thought of 2 usable motors. Twin motors have long been the standard among outboard boats in Central america because of the remoteness and risk in being afloat with a broken single motor. This is less of a concern here in Quepos with more boats out there and better odds of contacting help, but nothing’s guaranteed.