Well, you’ve heard me talk about a Tayana 37 more than once. Here is Primo. She is anchored in Linton and has been for a few years. I spoke with the owner because I just hate to see such a fine boat go un-loved. I spoke with him on the phone and he has done a lot of work on her. He replaced the spars, and made a custom aluminum bow sprit. The boat needs TLC, but from my understanding the sails, rig, and engine (Yanmar) are good. I haven’t seen the interior but for 35k it cant be all that bad. As I said earlier, labor here is cheap and one could really pull Primo into shape quickly. 
You can also leave her anchored in Linton for free. I kind of have a thing about people leaving their boats unattended at anchor, but it is an option.
From what I can see she is a really good opportunity for someone who wants a top notch cruising boat & home for little money. You could come to Panama and stay for a year with out having to check out of the country. I have plenty of tools here and will be working on Splendid about 100 yards away unless I’m in the San Blas, 
doing charters, or running backpackers around.
I’m off to finish my root canal in the morning and may go to PC later in the week to see a specialist about my ears.
I’m kind of bumming about about the prospect of cruising in Portugal and other EU countries. A Canadian cruiser in Portugal has contacted me and given me loads of real first-hand information. The coast guard is photographing boats in anchorages and putting time limits on how long one can stay anchored in an anchorage, sound familiar? I can visit for 90 days without a visa but would need one to stay longer, and if Splendid was there over 18 months I would have to pay a VAT tax which would be quite expensive. I cant see staying there so long but one never knows. I could have health issues, motor issues, a dismasting (God forbid), who knows. The bottom line is they could take my boat (home) if I didn’t pay what the “they” thought was appropriate for Splendid. With my insignificant means I don’t want to support such a system. It seems that its getting harder and harder to live as a free man in the world. It’s one thing to ask for money, it’s another to take it and that seems to be what many governments think is appropriate these days.
SE Asia is the wild west of cruising and is becoming quite appealing to me. Truthfully I’d rather take my chances with pirates and malaria than police, but that’s just me. I’ve heard wonderful things about indo-china, Philippians, and Vietnam. If anyone has information to share please let me know.
Peace from Splendid.
Sail far and live freely.
– Alex