Sailing Catamaran: The fun continues in Dominican Republic.

Countries visited by boat

1 nautical mile(nm)=1.86km

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Antigua & Barbuda.....61 nm

Australia...........1239 nm

Bahamas.......2009...529 nm

Bahamas.......2012...607 nm

British Indies

- Turks and Caicos

- ......2009..........45 nm

- Turks and Caicos

- ......2012.........478 nm

- Montserrat..........33 nm

Canary Ialands.......172 nm

Cape Verde.............5 nm

Colombia.............293 nm

Dominica..............37 nm

Dominican Republic...293 nm

Equator

- Galapagos............5 nm

Egypt................846 nm

Eritrea..............273 nm

Fiji...................5 nm

French Indies

- St-Marteen.2009....103 nm

- St-Marteen.2012....103 nm

- St-Barth............19 nm

- Guadeloupe.........124 nm

- Martinique..........67 nm

French Polynesia...1,043 nm

Grenada...............85 nm

Greece...............558 nm

Gibraltar.............37 nm

Indonesia..........1,656 nm

Italia...............672 nm

Malaysia.............449 nm

Maldives...............5 nm

Netherlands Antilles

- Bonaire............ 44 nm

- Curacao............ 63 nm

- Aruba.............. 55 nm

Maroc................146 nm

Panama...............692 nm

Puerto Rico (US).....222 nm

Samoa..................5 nm

St-Kitt and Nevis.....61 nm

St-Vincent............80 nm

Singapore.............47 nm

Spain................818 nm

Sri Lanka..............5 nm

Sudan................337 nm

Thailand ............166 nm

Turkey...............419 nm

USA................1,760 nm

Vanuatu................5 nm

Venezuela............391 nm

Virgin Islands (US)

...........2009.......21 nm

Virgin Islands (US)

...........2012......107 nm

Virgin Islands (US)...21 nm

Yemen................457 nm

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46 countries......15,764 nm

Ocean Passages

1 nautical mile(nm)=1.86km

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Pacific ocean

- Panama to

....Galapagos.......880 nm

- Galapagos to

....Marquesas......3050 nm

- French Polynesia to

....Samoa..........1179 nm

- Samoa to

....Fiji............574 nm

- Fiji to

....Vanuatu.........711 nm

- Vanuatu to

....Australia.....1,320 nm

Indian ocean

- Darwin to

....Kupang..........476 nm

- Thailand to

....Sri Lanka.....1,150 nm

- Sri Lanka to

....Maldives........457 nm

- Maldives to

....Yemen..........1503 nm

Atlantic ocean

- Rabat Morocco to

....Canary Islands..459 nm

- Canary Islands to

....Cape Verde...s..866 nm

- Cape Verde to

....Antigua.......2,111 nm

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3 oceans.........14,736 nm

Sunday, April 5, 2009

The fun continues in Dominican Republic.

We decided to pay ourselves a guided tour, with a group of other sailors in Luperon, to a local set of waterfalls that is quite unique. This is a set of 24 waterfalls each cascading into a large pool feeding the next one. Helped with three guides we swam into the first pool than climbed the falls to end up in the next pool and so on. We climbed only 7 falls but it was quite a workout I tell you. Once at the top of the seventh fall we just went the other way around but this time by sliding the falls. The fact is that these falls have been running in that mountain for quite some times and the stream of water dug a sort of canyon through the polished rock creating literally a set of natural water slides. This was a blast! And the scenery was just breath taking. The canopy of trees above the stream blocked most of the sun light creating the sensation to be in the middle of the jungle and swimming into a virgin stream. This was by far the pinnacle of our visit to the Dominican Republic.

Another activity we decided to do is to go horseback riding in the hills surrounding Luperon. But when we arrived to get our horses they were all very thin and seriously needed to be fed a bit more but maybe the one I got. Danielle decided to pass and I went with Michael, another sailor we’ve met at Rum Cay, and his 11 year old daughter Sheena who desperately wanted to go. On that picture I just miss a cigarette and I could almost make an ad for Marlboro don’t you think?

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Sunday, April 5, 2009

The fun continues in Dominican Republic.