Ka'imi is For Sale

Ka'imi has received a facelift.  Brand new re-gel coated hull and topsides!  

E-mail: sailingkaimi@yahoo.com

Ka’imi

1982 42’ Vagabond

Built by Blue Water Yacht Builders Ltd. the 42' Vagabond is a Ketch Rig, solid FRP Layup with No Core. 

Type of Vessel:	FRP Sailboat
Year Build:	1982
Length:	42’
Beam:	12’10”
Draft:	5’6”
Ballast:	9,200 lbs.
Gross and Net Tons:	20 Gross Tons, 18 Net Tons
Displacement:	28,500 lbs.
Engine:	Ford Lehman, 65 hp, Model 4D220

We have been living aboard, maintaining and cruising Ka’imi since 2005. It is made of solid fiberglass. Ka’imi is cruise ready!

RIGGING, FITTINGS, DECK EQUIPMENT Ketch rig Aluminum mast and spars, deck stepped Teak bowsprit w/reinforced SS (new 2012) FRP decks Foredeck windlass Solar panel (185 w) Cockpit shower Anchors: 1 – 55 lb Rocna, and 1 – 55 lb Delta Quick Set ACCOMMODATIONS 1 cabin with queen bed 1 cabin with double bed 1 cabin with twin beds 2 bathrooms Galley equipped with 3 burners stove, oven Fridge - engine driven compressor and 12v Adler cold machine 2 heads OTHER Spectra Watermaker

SAILS AND RIGGING 8 winches Mainsail Genoa Staysail Yankee Storm Sail Asymmetrical spinnaker NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT Standard Horizen VHF with AIS ICOM handheld radio Raymarine Radar Autopilot ICOM IC-M710 SSB Fax modem for weather info GPS Garmin Map 492 TANKAGE Water – 3 SS tanks (2-50, 1-35) Fuel – New aluminum tanks 2005 CURRENT LOCATION Rio Dulce, Guatemala

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We are grandparents!!!!

It's so exciting, we adore our grandson Evan James Langel.  Born August 29th to our son Kristopher and Emily.

Welcome to the world Evan James Langel. 💗

Proud papa.

First beach day, I am sure he will have many! 

Proud Mom 💖

Best family ever!!

I am sure you can tell we are so happy.  If you have followed our blog you know we have been cruising since 2005 and loved every minute of it.  With the birth of our grandson we have decided to move closer to our new grandson and family.  It is with a bit of a heavy heart that we will put Ka'imi up for sale.  It has been a wonderful life aboard, but it is time to move on to other things.

Our next post will be a listing for Ka'imi.  If you have any interest  or know of anyone interested please contact us through email.  You can email us by clicking of the front page of our blog on the email us link under the picture slide show on the top right.  

Cheers Grandma Kim, Grandpa Mike and Auntie Zoey 😁

Fronteres, Rio Dulce, Guatemala

Here are some pictures of our walk to the town of Fronteres from Tortugal Marina.  We usually take this walk early on Saturday morning when the fresh produce comes.  It is the only day to get mushrooms from one of the tiendas, and you have to get there early.

You can see how early it is coming into town, the streets are vacant and the stores are closed.

This is a view of Tienda Reed's from the bridge.  We do a lot of business at this store.

A view of Tortugal Marina from the bridge.  Ka'imi is the 3rd boat from the right.

Coming back over the bridge.

A view of Shell Bay, atop the bridge.

Hotel Backpackers, run by Casa Guatemala, the orphanage on the river.  

Returning to Fronteres, over the bridge.  It is a little later and the traffic is already picking up!

Mike passing one of the many vegetable vendors on the main street.

One of my favorite things to get in town are the fresh made corn tortillas.  There are many vendors selling them as they are a staple for every meal in Guatemala.  They are delicious!

There is a row of street food vendors selling everything from fish to boiled eggs.  We like the chuchitos, which are actually what we call tamales.

Chuchito's and egg for breakfast, yumm!  Mike's is chicken and mine is chipilin.

Cheers Kim and Mike

River Life, Rio Dulce, Guatemala

We were supposed to get off the dock this morning and do some sailing and exploring for a month in Lago Izabal and the Rio Dulce, but the weather is gray and rainy so we will depart manana when the weather should be better.  This will give me time to update the web, I have gotten very far behind!   

When we returned to the Rio Dulce in May of 2015 we began our journey up the River with a stay at Cayo Quemado, also known as Texan Bay or Burnt Cay.  We took some time to explore in our dinghy the different river tributaries and caught a glimpse of local life.  

Some of rivers go back a few miles.  You will see jungle, howler monkeys, livestock and houses.

The houses you see along the river are very diverse.  The can be cement or wood, huge or small.

All the houses seem to have a guard dog of some kind, this one really wanted to come see us!

Everyone down river travels by boat of some kind.  There are no roads leading to a lot of the villages along the river.

The video below is in Burnt Cay, the little girls were selling bananas but did not want their picture taken, so Mike stopped filming.

Cheers Mike and Kim