When we sold Bumfuzzle, the Grand Banks, a few months ago I agreed to deliver her up to Puerto Rico after hurricane season had blown through. So for the past couple of weeks we’ve been keeping a pretty close eye on Caribbean weather. I even paid Chris Parker (the Caribbean … Read More
Old San Juan Bums
We had a couple of final days in Old San Juan before we split off to visit family. We spent it wandering around together in a now familiar routine, stopping at our local pub for a to-go glass of beer, some goofing around time at the fort’s green space with … Read More
Island Hopping
Finally ready to get moving for a while, we spent a week getting groceries and finishing up small projects around the boat. There wasn’t much to do. Just wait for a weather window to make the quick 90 mile jump over to St. Thomas. The kids watching a manatee eat … Read More
Twiddling Our Thumbs
There is quite literally nothing going on. It’s now been two months since we arrived at the marina in Salinas, and there is really no end in sight. The waterways remain closed. Without a car there is nowhere at all to go, and even if we had a car there … Read More
Groundhog Day
We’ve never eaten so many meals at home in our entire lives. Man, what we’d all (and especially Ali) give for some Mexican street cart tacos complete with no dishes to do afterwards. Back on Ouest’s birthday Ali hid ten dollars around the boat, all in plain view and all … Read More
Salinas Life
Coronavirus Lockdown Week 387: It was about three weeks ago now that the marina closed. A security guard walks around, and a couple guys show up in the morning to do maintenance and deliver packages to the four boats with people on them, but otherwise they are closed. The housekeeping … Read More
From D.R. to P.R.
We were in no way ready to leave Santo Domingo, but a weather window had opened up for crossing the Mona Passage between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, and we needed to take it. It’s a stretch of water notorious for beating up boats that try to cross during … Read More
March 2007
march 3 2007 : rincon, puerto rico A couple days ago we hit the road and headed for the west coast, Rincon to be exact. The drive from Salinas to Rincon is less than inspiring. It’s a rather flat, dry area, and the roads don’t travel anywhere near the coast … Read More
February 2007
february 2 2007 : charlestown, nevis The passage to Nevis was just a quick overnighter. Our first since the Atlantic. We really prefer an overnight passage to an all day race in the heat of the sun. It was an easy downwind sail most of the night but in the … Read More