by Greg
At anchor, Boqueron, Puerto Rico
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| Boqueron, Puerto Rico |
We have pulled ourselves away from the DR and are in Boqueron, a funky little party town on the west coast of Puerto Rico.
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| Luperon, DR to Boqueron, PR |
Between the DR and PR lies the
Mona Passage, a strait that can be truly fearsome under the wrong conditions. It adjoins the Puerto Rican trench, the second deepest ocean trench in the world, it carries large volumes of water between the Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea, and it has shallow areas that deflect current in odd ways, so strong winds can cause extremely steep and unpredictable seas. And so picking the right weather window is important.
Our window was so calm that there was no chance of sailing, so, except for dodging a couple of squalls, we had two days straight of uneventful motor-sailing along the north shore of the DR and across the Mona. We did not see any whales in the Mona, as many cruisers do, because most of our time in it was at night. However, we saw many pods of the largest of the dolphin family, Risso's Dolphin, which actually looks more like a small whale than a dolphin.
Anyway, we are moving on to "Gilligan's Island" on the south coast soon, so here are pics of this passage.
PARTING SHOTS OF LUPERON:
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| Jellyfish in Luperon Harbor |
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| Yolas and mangroves |
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| Nicole put us on the wall at JR's, the local cruiser hangout |
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| Wheelbarrow. I'm pretty sure it's indestructible. |
UNDER WAY NEAR PUERTO PLATA:
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| Mountain above the city of Puerto Plata |
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| Cash driving, Greg talking |
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Fellow travelers Roger and Dawn on
Two Tickets near Puerto Plata |
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| Two Tickets against mountains, the city of Puerto Plata at lower left |
SEABIRD HITCHIN' A RIDE:
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... on the inflatable on the foredeck
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| At first he liked being up forward... |
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| Cash was unaware for a while |
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Apparently lonely up there, he moved back with us later
and stayed for hours. |
SUNSET NEAR PUERTO PLATA:
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| Looking southwest towards the city of Puerto Plata, which is at the base of the mountain |
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| Looking east, oddly enough |
MOUNTAINS NEAR SAMANA, DR:
SUNSET SECOND NIGHT NEARING MONA PASSAGE:
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| Two Tickets in the sunset |
PUERTO RICO:
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| Sunrise over Puerto Rico |
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Here after finally consenting to remove the DR flag
from her mouth for this photo |
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Nicole lowering DR flag and
raising quarantine flag |
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| Flying fish |
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