Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Puerto Rico

We sailed straight from Turks and Caicos to Ponce, Puerto Rico which took us almost exactly 3 days.
We had great weather so the trip was excellent except the wind was at our bow the entire way so not much sailing. We had to go across the Mona Passage which they say can be one of the worst crossing in the world in bad weather but the seas were exceptionally calm. We're staying at Ponce Yacht Club Marina in Ponce.
We did have an interesting experience, this morning at 6 am the Puerto Rico police stopped us on the water and asked to board our boat. They said it was just a random inspection. All they did was look at our passports and boat registration and ask us a couple of questions. Very nice young man who spoke very good English. It was Gary's watch and I was dead asleep, what a great wake up!
Below is the Ponce Yacht Club:
 
5/19 We sailed from Ponce to Palma Del Mar Puerto Rico. We had a long motor since we were heading right into the wind and fighting a current so it took us 11 hours. Palma Del Mar is beautiful marina with awesome people so it was a great stopping point.