Virgin Passage
The Virgin Passage is probably the most traversed body of water around here. And it almost always sucks. A huge river of Atlantic floods the strait between Culebra and St. Thomas twice a day, and fiercely on a new moon exacerbated by Florence as she passes well north of us en route to her inevitable […]
Watching the Weather from Culebra
We made it as far as Culebra. Culebra, per usual, was mostly closed for reasons. They open their businesses when they want to, take the day off when they have better things to do. Must be nice, unless you’re an employee. Dinghy Dock was still open. Imagine, a dock where one can tie one’s dinghy […]
Morning Commute
As we loaded up the dinghy yesterday, to close up shop in Vieques before cruising, the morning traffic in Bahia Mulas was pretty heavy. 5+ green sea turtles and 4,357+ moon jellies. The turtles are regulars, but the jellies are seasonal.
A Cleaner Bilge
Today Sara and I cleaned the bilge. This undesirable task was inadvisably initiated at anchor instead of a dock, where fresh water was to be had. Removing and disposing of a thin layer of engine oil was no problem. The odor from anarobic bacteria which bred beneath the warm, murky surface was not the worse […]