Tag: sail
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Cruising Around Puerto Rico
We stayed at the marina in Puerto Real on the west coast of Puerto Rico for a few days getting caught up on boat projects that we needed to be on land for. One of those projects was re-doing the splice between our anchor chain and the rope part of our rode. I had been…
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Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico
Good weather winds are hard to get between DR and Puerto Rico, so we decided to do the trip in one go, 250 nautical miles. We heard from other people about how hard this trip is and how wild the Mona passage between the two countries can be for months. We were worried about it…
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Hurricane Season in Luperon Dominican Republic
We arrived in Luperon on May 11th, pretty exhausted from the passage from Turks. We had to deal with checking in at immigration which meant an immediate trip into town. The noise was disorientating after being up all night – motorcycles, music, chickens, dogs, and people speaking in Spanish. I had been using Duolingo to…
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Turks and Caicos – Part 2
Once we were back in Turks we had to get a bunch of boat projects done with the supplies we brought back, and we had to wait for a good weather window to cross to DR. We also did a lot of provisioning and a bit of kayaking, and visited a local brewery. Most evenings…
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Turks and Caicos – Part 1
After our late night anchoring on the west Turks bank, we went to Southside marina. We had a reservation there to leave the boat for a month while we went home. We had to time our arrival so that we entered the channel to the marina at high tide. Even at that we saw a…
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Georgetown to Turks and Caicos
We finally got a marginal weather window on March 24th, and jumped on it to begin easting to Turks and Caicos. We had a flight to catch from there so we really couldn’t keep waiting. The first day out was not fantastic with a lot of wind on the nose, but we were only heading…
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Cat Island
Our friends Michelle and Tony had Cat Island on their bucket list for a long time and invited us to check it out with them. Always up for an adventure we were happy to tag along. The only issue we had is that the forecast was calling for dead calm weather for multiple days, as…
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Cruising the Bahamas – The Exumas – Part 2
After spending two glorious days in Wardwick Wells we decided to move on to Staniel Key where we were having some boat parts sent by way of their partner airline, Makers Air. It was only 30 nautical miles and a beautiful day for a sail. Coming into Staniel Key was pretty shallow and we could…
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Cruising the Bahamas – The Exumas – Part 1
The Exuma chain of islands in the Bahamas are arguably the most popular part of the Bahamas, and certainly the most crowded. They are home to the pig beach, the Thunderbolt grotto and endless miles of sandy beaches and good snorkeling. We were excited to get there and set out from an anchorage near Spanish…
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Cruising the Bahamas – Eluethera Islands
Tony and MIchelle met us at the marina in Nassau and we all headed out together to go to Spanish Wells in the Eleuthera islands. We found a great anchorage near Spanish Wells, called Meek’s Patch and were able to do a lot of snorkeling, paddle boarding and swimming there. There was a lot of…