We sailed into Culebra's harbor on the afternoon of December 4, expecting to spend a day or two. Instead, weather intervened, with a late tropical storm passing to the north of us, bringing brisk winds and squalls. The forecast calls for settled conditions, but higher than normal trade winds (between 20 - 30 knots) through Sunday. So, we'll stay put until the weather is more favorable for our next hop to windward, the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Thomas. We could see St. Thomas as we sailed into Culebra; it's about 20 miles away.
In the meantime, last Friday before the storm hit, we took a ferry back to the main island of Puerto Rico, to Fajardo. Here is the sun rising over Culebra on our trip over. It was fun to let someone else worry about the navigation, the piloting, the waves, the weather. On the way back the waves were breaking over the enclosed first floor of the ferry, and we stayed down there.
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We sailed into Culebra's harbor on the afternoon of December 4, expecting to spend a day or two. Instead, weather intervened, with a late tropical storm passing to the north of us, bringing brisk winds and squalls. The forecast calls for settled conditions, but higher than normal trade winds (between 20 - 30 knots) through Sunday. So, we'll stay put until the weather is more favorable for our next hop to windward, the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Thomas. We could see St. Thomas as we sailed into Culebra; it's about 20 miles away.
In the meantime, last Friday before the storm hit, we took a ferry back to the main island of Puerto Rico, to Fajardo. Here is the sun rising over Culebra on our trip over. It was fun to let someone else worry about the navigation, the piloting, the waves, the weather. On the way back the waves were breaking over the enclosed first floor of the ferry, and we stayed down there.
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