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Have been in Culebra for about a week and a half now, settling into life here. John returned to England 4 days ago and I’ve been spending time doing boat maintenance, swimming across the harbour for exercise and meeting some of the other live-aboard cruisers and the local cats ashore at an informal gathering spot…
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Today was John’s last day in the Caribbean so we took a Publico (local taxi) over to the famous Flamenco Beach, where there are two ancient WWll tanks the US military used to use for target practice. Great day out, but no Flamencos to be seen.
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Today we motored about 7 miles from Ensenada Honda, the main anchorage of Culebra to a smaller uninhabited island North-East of Culebra, called Culebrita. It has picture perfect beaches, palm trees, coral reefs and an old abandoned light house on the highest point. We did several snorkeling trips out on the reef and saw lots…
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Have just come ashore on Culebra for the first time and enjoying food and drink at the Dingy Dock Restaurant! An all day slog upwind from Fajardo but enjoyed a nice swim from Nakee after we got the hook down in Ensenada Honda. Was able to dive on my anchor for the first time since…
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After 23 days at sea and about 1,800 nautical miles we have finally signed land! We intentionally slowed Nakee down last night, running only on a reefed main and staysail, so as to arrive in Puerto Rico after sunrise. We were woken up last night several times by cruise ships crossing our path, after not…
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Not much to report from Day 18 of our passage, other than it is December 1st today and that the confirms are clear, warm and sunny with light winds of about 9kts, unfortunately still blowing from the South East, directly from Culebra, which is only 265 miles away as the crow flies. Predict wind does…
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Short update today, day 16 of the passage. Wind coming directly from South East, where we are trying to sail. So we are beating upwind with 322 miles to go to reach a waypoint North East of Culebra. For the second day in a row the radar and high wind speed alarms have woken us…
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Today is day #15 of Nakee’s 1,500 mile passage from Philadelphia to Culebra, Puerto Rico and 8 days since we left land at Norfolk, Virginia. Despite it having been Thanksgiving yesterday, provisions aboard precluded a roast turkey dinner like the ones being enjoyed by family back in the US. Despite this we cooked a really…
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All well aboard Nakee on day 13 since we left Philadelphia. We are gliding along at about 6 kts in 14 kts of wind, sailing close hauled to try and make as much progress Eastward as possible. Winds forecast to veer around to come from the South late Thursday night, at which point we will…
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We have managed to drift out of the doldrums after a few days of not making much progress. Now doing 5.5 kts in 6 kts of wind, helped by ocean currents. Overcast conditions with intermittent light rain. We have hooked up a new control line to the Hydrovane self steering wind vane and used fairleads…
Bluewater sailing, diving and culinary adventures!
Bluewater sailing, diving and culinary adventures!