Day #2
Awoke at 7 to a beautiful sunrise. Bill was doing final prep and playing Kenny Chesney at full blast. "Kissing life square on the mouth ... Sailing on the sea." I'm not going to get to see much of Puerto Rico but from what I can tell it's sort of like southern California with a tropical climate... The people are Latino but unlike California, English seems to prevail. I wasn't able to connect with the internet from the boat so I walked up to the marina cafe and sent a goodbye to my girls on facebook. French kissing life square on the mouth...
The latest weather model shows a front moving in from the North over the next couple of days. Our current plan is to sail North West at the best possible speed and lay up at Iguana Island until it passes. No sign of weather here, it's dead calm in the marina.
We set out at 8:30 with light wind and had cleared the Cape Icacos by 10:00. As we were approaching the Cape a single dolphin swam by and crossed our bow, a good omen. Bill shut down the motor and we set the Jib. Looking back at Puerto Rico I can see that it has topography similar to the Virgin Islands with hills rising 3000 feet ASL rather than flat like the Bahamas. The only vessels so far have been small fishing boats. Wind is still light less than10
Over the next couple of hours the clouds built with the wind and sea. By 1300 hours I could barely see Puerto Rico only 7.5 miles to the south.
1800hours Wind has built to 22 knots ... double reef in main allowed us to pick up speed.
Tuscan Bean soup for dinner. Bill is feeling poorly. Bruce Willis movie was tonight's entertainment.
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