Approaching Culebra & Culebrita from Palmas Del MarCulebra On our way to St. Thomas we stopped for an overnight at Ensenada Honda, Culebra. https://videopress.com/v/8ys8QT1k Tour of the harbor
Palmas Del Mar, Puerto Rico
bbb I pulled up anchor at 0645, the anchor came up just fine thank you Mr. Zip Tie. Winds are calm, and we motor into it, still. We get a hail from Sarabi, they are behind us and will meet us at Palmas Del Mar for a sippy sip. Even though we have light winds, …
Salinas, Puerto Rico (aka: weekend party)
Pulling up anchor at 0730 and it gets stuck, again! aaarrrggg!!! Steve pulls the ultimate DIY and gets out the zip ties. Hot damn, it worked. While he's fixing the anchor, I'm steering into calm winds, key word here is into, the wind is on the nose, still. We get a radio call from Serabi, …
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Isla de Caja Muertos (Coffin Island)
I dread hauling up the anchor, as usual lately the anchor chain wedges behind the anchor mate stopping the upward movement of both chain and anchor. Since we can't sail around with our anchor dangling off the front of the boat it needs to be attended to. There are a few problems with this however. …
Finally, the Caribbean Sea!
We are officially in the Caribbean! It has taken a long time to get here, and every sailor celebrates this momentous occasion. Team Harmony is no exception. Since we are underway a champagne toast is on hold, but back deck dancing is not. We make anchor at La Parguera next to XYZZY. We launched the …
Waiting for a Weather Window…
We think our window for passage to La Parguera will be in 3-4 days. Attempts to fix the anchor mate have failed, so we may have to have it professionally repaired. Kaching $$. We have dinner at Erisas del Mar, enjoy a lovely sunset, great lobster and sippy sips. We see dolphin playing in the …
Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
March 14 - It has been pouring rain buckets all night, but as we wake up this morning the sun is shining so off we go to find the local bakery about 3/4 mile up the road. Everyone we pass has a smile and joyful "beunas dias" for us. The bakery has yummy offerings and …
The Dreaded Mona Passage
We left the marina at 0730, leaving the rest of our boat buddies who decided on a much later departure. Just out into the bay we are joined by tiger, a catamaran with McConnell's aboard, 2 parents, 3 school aged children and Grand-dad Larry along for long passages. We're barely underway when there are whales …
Puerto Bahia, Samana
This marina is tops. Marble floors in the shower room, restaurants, 2 pools and sailor's nights. Yup, free sangria and tapas, mingle with other boaters planning to cross Mona or who have already made the crossing. Great good fun. Let's talk about the Mona Passage shall we. The Mona Passage is the body of water …
Samana, Dominican Republic Bound
We're up at 0600, check out with customs, the D.R. Navy and port captain, leave the dock with fairly calm winds and clear the reef at 0750. We are motoring and noshing and I feel pretty good tummy wise. We see whales in the near distance, on their way north with their young ones. Poof …
Harmony At Sea 