Sailing Catamaran: Toward Puerto Rico; the Mona Passage

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

Toward Puerto Rico; the Mona Passage

We left Luperon in Dominican Republic Monday at 6:00 PM and arrived to Puerto Rico Wednesday at 03:00 PM. We had to motor all the way as the wind and waves for that stretch are ALWAYS from east. They call them the prevailing wind. Because of that, the only way you can make it is to wait until you get less than 15 knots of wind and small waves for at least 3 days. Preferably 4 days. The first night, we could open the sails for the last 20 miles. Roger was sleeping and I changed the angle allowing the wind to fill our sails. I went to bed and Roger took over the watch. He was sitting in the cockpit when he looked at the piece of metal holding the shroud. He had a closer look and noticed the most horrible thing that can happen on a sail boat. It was half broken. AHHHH! Can’t sail anymore we are risking to lose the mast. He then hurried to close all sails. Well, we are now stuck to motor until we reach Puerto Rico. We found a boatyard that can change riggings so we are going as fast as we can to Ponce to have them change.

Since we left Miami, there is a list of things to repair that is growing. For instance, when we left Rum Cay, Bahamas, we filled up for the first time the 50 gallons tank reserve of diesel. Well, it didn’t take long before we had the diesel in our bilge. The tank is leaking and needs to be repaired. We will have to cut the support of the “v-berth” to get it out, repair it and re-install it. Then do some fiberglass on the supports supporting the v-berth.
When we raised the anchor in Luperon Dominican Republic, the windlass stopped working. Roger raises the anchor manually since then. 55 pounds anchor attached to a 1/2” chain is not easy at all, not talking about all the mud on you when you are done. Oh! I forgot to tell you that the electric winch stopped working at Rum Cay, Bahamas. We set our sails manually since then. It doesn’t matter really because we CAN’T raise the sails anyway!
We also have a list of small things to do so basically, we will stay in Puerto Rico for a little while to fix the boat. Hey! Don’t be sorry for us, we are visiting very nice countries. Beside, all those things happen when we are able to fix it and not in the middle of the ocean, isn’t it?

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Sunday, April 5, 2009

Toward Puerto Rico; the Mona Passage