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Turks and Caicos with
Passage to Puerto Rico -
March 7-27, 2011 |
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Last Updated: 1330
AST / July 4, 2011 |
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Date/Route/Crew/Time |
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3-7-11
Rum Cay, Bahamas - Providenciales, Turks and Caicos
Crew: Gregg, Jen, and Quinn
0308 - underway |
23°38.800'N,
74°50.938'W |
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1200 |
23°09.796'N,
74°09.243'W |
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1223/3-8-11 - docked at Sumner Point Marina |
21°45.641'N,
72°13.439'W |
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Total time: 33 hours 15 minutes,
Total distance: 192.3 nm |
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3-8-11: Over all it was a pleasant
trip, except for about 8 hours over night. We had 8 - 10 foot swell to
deal with the whole trip, but it was old ground swell on the beam and
not uncomfortable. Around midnight as we passed south of Mayaguana Cay
the wind picked up from the wrong direction and the wind waves mixed up
with the confusion of the NE ground swells wrapping around Mayaguana Cay
left us in a nice mess. By late morning the sea state had calmed down
and the approach to Provo in the Caicos was quite enjoyable.
3-27-11: We ended up staying put in
Turks and Caicos. There are a few anchorages around the islands,
but we enjoyed hanging out in Provo and were just not inclined to move. |
3-23-11
Providenciales, Turks and Caicos - Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
Crew: Gregg, Jen, and Quinn
1034 - underway |
21°45.641'N,
72°13.439'W |
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1200/3-24-11 |
21°08.910'N,
70°00.953'W |
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1200/3-25-11 |
20°58.202'N,
67°51.228'W |
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1200/3-26-11 |
19°10.934'N,
67°28.849'W |
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0924/3-27-11 - docked at Marina
Pescadería, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico |
18°04.423'N,
67°11.331'W |
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Total time: 3 days 21 hours 54 minutes,
Total distance: 463.76 nm (spent about 2 hours at fuel dock clearing in
and fueling before going to our slip) |
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3-27-11: It was a challenging
passage, but all is well with ship and crew. We had anticipated
arrival in Puerto Rico on Saturday, but that was not to be. This
is why we say "or not...". Contrary wind and waves at the outset
of the passage forced a very high fuel burn rate for about 20 hours.
This made it necessary for fuel conservation measures of low RPM single
engine motoring into the light contrary winds on Thursday and Friday,
leaving us about 18 hours behind. However, we have finally made our
easting as of Friday evening. When were finally due north of Puerto Rico
and sailing south with the wind on our beam, the engines were happily
silent and we had a comfortable reserve of fuel for the approach to
Puerto Rico.
We arrived in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico,
early this morning. We approached the coast in the middle of the
night but did not want to make a night time landfall so we ghosted along
at a knot or two so as to make a dawn landfall. The landfall at Puerto
Real was gorgeous, with the sun breaking over the lush tropical hills
and the silhouettes palm trees gradually appearing along the shoreline.
What a contrast to the Bahamas and the Turks & Caicos. |
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