We’ve had an awesome week with the 4 of us onboard. We picked Caroline up at the airport on Sunday, April 13 and had an easy drive back to the marina. Monday was spent chilling by the pool, giving Caroline a day to enjoy marina life!
Early Tuesday morning we dropped our docklines and headed west to one of the first anchorages Mark and I explored as we travelled east. We wanted to take the girls to the bioluminescent bay so they could experience the crazy blue glow of the bioluminescence. It was a very windy day with strong southeast winds pushing us along. We had the jib and main out at first but decided to just sail with the main – that was enough sail to keep our speed in the mid 6knots range. We arrived at our anchorage around 3 pm and relaxed for a bit. After a wonderful dinner, we got our swimsuits on and dinghied over to the bay. It was amazing! We all swam and made blue angels in the water!! It was definitely worth the rough 40nm sail (there were 3 seasick folks onboard that day).
The wind for Wednesday was predicted to be about 12 knots on the nose but unfortunately we were hit with 25knots on the nose. We decided to go to Guiligan Island – it was a short 12 nm motor. With the strong wind and accompanying big seas, it took about 3 hours to do the trip. It was a good thing we left early because the wind kept up all most of the day. That afternoon Evelyn went for a very big swim with the help of her snorkeling gear. She went all the way to a small island near us, explored around and then swam back – a roughly 2nm trip!! That night we had Mark’s famous ribs for dinner and we played a few games before heading to bed.
Looking ahead at the wind, we decided to spend Thursday at the Guiligan Island anchorage and then head straight back to the marina on Friday. Thursday morning we did a little dinghy ride and walked along one of the few beaches we’ve found in Puetro Rico. We then took the dinghy over to the little island Evelyn had explored on Wednesday. There was lots of fish in the area and Mark even saw a lion fish!! There are many pelicans around this island and we now know why – good eating!!
We were up early today (April 18th) and were underway by 6:15am. We wanted to take advantage of the light southeast winds to motor the 32nm to the marina. It was a great day for moving east – no resistance from wind or waves. We arrived back into our slip at 12:30pm – just in time for lunch. This weekend we are heading to Old San Juan and then staying overnight at an Airbnb. Evelyn’s 2 weeks are ending on Sunday (crazy fast) so we’ll drop her at the airport and return to the marina Sunday. We’ll get off the dock for the last time on Monday and make our way east with Caroline.
Crimson Kathryn and her crew 