Amazon Queen

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I’ve spent a lot of time in boats, all sort of boats, beginning in the 4^th grade with a 12’ aluminum Smoker Craft and a 5 horse Merc. Then there was a 14 foot Sea Swirl with a 25 horse Merc.  Then there was a 17 foot Glasspar with a 110 horse Merc Cruiser, which frequently failed to start. This was followed by a couple 17 foot Fiberform inboard outboards and finally a very nice 17’ Sea Ray.  There were a couple of 17 foot Thistle sailboats in there as well. During all this we became good friends with people who had yachts.

Always good to know someone with a boat, especially a yacht!

Now, here in Hawaii, there are 40 foot ocean going outrigger canoes.
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With this in mind, and for the record, at the end of our first day on the Madre de Dios River in Peru, I asked our captain and his crew what kind of craft it was we were trusting our lives with. Now, my Spanish is not so great. With the help of one of our traveling companions we were able ask the question in good Spanish. At the end of the discussion, all we came away with was “boat.”  Had we been in Mexico, I would have called it a Panga.  Wikipedia defines panga as a “modest-sized, open, outboard-powered, fishing boat common throughout much of the developing world, including Central America, the Caribbean, and parts of Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia. In addition to being used by fishermen, pangas are also popular with Somali pirates.” Good to know.

I can honestly say that some of the best times in my life have been on a boat. For sure, once again, thinking often of Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn in The African Queen, the time spent plying and navigating the waters of the Amazon River Basin to exotic destinations and ports of call easily fell into “one of the best times in my life.”