We left the anchorage at Vieques Island at 0700. A bit early, to arrive during daylight at Bahia del Jobos. An area at the south coast of Puerto Rico with many small islands and cays. And there are also mangrove forests. I learned about this anchorage from an Instagram contact. Gary Felton, a professional photographer,…

Yesterday we went by taxi to San Juan to experience the old part of the city, is people, and life. We also wanted to a look at the old castle or maybe better called fortress. The taxi driver was a very friendly guy who helped when my vet broken Spanish was not enough. Although he…

Despite the lower winds we had yesterday we reached only a bit later than scheduled Puerto Rico. The entrance in the bay of Fajardo is as bit tricky. GPS is very helpful but a good look out is crucial as well. Several reefs are just below water level and only the breaking waves give clue…

We really got a lot of rain today. That much, that we even closed the cockpit at stern part and on port side the aft part of the cockpit enclosure. Then the sky got blue again, oilskin got too warm and we went back to T-shirts and shorts. However, about a bit less then an…

Constant 20 kn wind was forecasted this morning at around 0500. However, until now we see such winds only in the be many squalls we had so far. But still we are making good progress. With an speed of 5 on so far. Top speed was something above 7 kn. First time – I don’t…

CBP, the agency to protect the US borders has an app called ROAM. According to their homepage you need to use it when you want to enter US waters by a vessel with non commercial, thus “pleasure” activities. Already in Sint Maarten I wanted to get permission to enter St Thomas, but could not submit…

On 20Mar, I got up a bit earlier because I wanted to have an underwater look at the underwater parts of our boat. Ask is ok. But this inspection was accompanied by a small who kept circling a few meets below me. It was my first encounter with a shark in the Caribbean. It is…

We needed some food and decided we just sail around the corner, drop the hook there, and dinghi in to the beach. Combining food shopping with a look into another bay. Sailing around the corner was quickly done. Maybe 20 mins. The bay was full of boats. All hanging on a mooring buoy. We didn’t…

We had dropped the hook are eastern side of Rendezvous Bay, in the Dittlif Bay. The fascinating colors of the water in the bay vary from a darker blue to light turquoise depending on the depth and and what is on the seabed. Something, which can be looked at again and again. With the still…

As we wanted to go to St John we needed to sail upwind against the trade winds. So we did it and tacked several times and finally made a spot landing at the first bay we wanted to go to. Sailing upwind against 5 Bft was an intensive and exhausting time. The swell first was…