Tag: dominican republic

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…

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…

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…