We left Bonaire early Wednesday April 21st in a light 15 kn wind, that was predicted to come from ESE. It was E, pushing us more N that we wanted to go.
One might say that the first two days and nights were uneventful. But can you really say that, when you are watching the sun rise from the dark sea, staining it pink at the end of the day? And when the silver flying fish shine in the moonlight?
We admired and enjoyed the beautiful blue Caribbean sea, always changing shades, laced with white foam and then calm as if waiting for something to happen.
Yes, calm. After two days of steadiness, the wind died.
Of course we like light breezes or strong winds, that force us to shorten the sails. We like short refreshing squalls. In the calms, the sails are trembling in the confusion, the auto pilot stops working, the tension on board rises.
The wind left us for the night, but in the morning light breeze filled our sails again. Early Saturday morning the hills of Puerto Rico appeared. We avoided the island by sailing to Vieques and in the mid day anchored in Ensenada Sun Bay. We chose it remembering the peace and quiet we enjoyed there last year. In the evening loud voices, speech like, coming from the beach, surprised us, then singing, chorus and the soloist. The event ended with fireworks.
We rested on Vieques two nights, relaxing, catching some fish.
On Monday the 26th we moved on to St.Thomas, anchored in the small Flamingo Bay and on Tuesday we sailed on into the Coral Bay on St.John.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Sunset on the wide sea
We left Bonaire early Wednesday April 21st in a light 15 kn wind, that was predicted to come from ESE. It was E, pushing us more N that we wanted to go.
One might say that the first two days and nights were uneventful. But can you really say that, when you are watching the sun rise from the dark sea, staining it pink at the end of the day? And when the silver flying fish shine in the moonlight?
We admired and enjoyed the beautiful blue Caribbean sea, always changing shades, laced with white foam and then calm as if waiting for something to happen.
Yes, calm. After two days of steadiness, the wind died.
Of course we like light breezes or strong winds, that force us to shorten the sails. We like short refreshing squalls. In the calms, the sails are trembling in the confusion, the auto pilot stops working, the tension on board rises.
The wind left us for the night, but in the morning light breeze filled our sails again. Early Saturday morning the hills of Puerto Rico appeared. We avoided the island by sailing to Vieques and in the mid day anchored in Ensenada Sun Bay. We chose it remembering the peace and quiet we enjoyed there last year. In the evening loud voices, speech like, coming from the beach, surprised us, then singing, chorus and the soloist. The event ended with fireworks.
We rested on Vieques two nights, relaxing, catching some fish.
On Monday the 26th we moved on to St.Thomas, anchored in the small Flamingo Bay and on Tuesday we sailed on into the Coral Bay on St.John.
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