What really captured our imagination about exploring Costa Rica aboard the WIND STAR was the fact that she was a fore and aft rigged sailing vessel, the kind of sailboat on which, for years, we had explored the waters of the Great Lakes. Furthermore,she was a vessel that was small enough not to make one feel that , somehow, one had taken a wrong turn and ended up in a large mall with crowds and many, many shops, which sold bottles of wine or liquor, expensive jewelry, fancy, fashionable clothing or almost anything else one could ... (more)