{"id":3970,"date":"2014-05-01T20:41:12","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T00:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svecho.com\/?p=3970"},"modified":"2020-12-31T07:36:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T11:36:33","slug":"seven-days-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/svecho.com\/?p=3970","title":{"rendered":"Seven Days at Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Thursday, April 24th, we listened to Chris Parker’s weather forecast<\/a> which indicated a gradual increase in wind speed.\u00a0 This came as welcome news since the trades had been too quiet for sailing for the past few days.\u00a0 Unfortunately, there was also a growing north swell predicted which was expected to reach 8 to 10 feet sometime Sunday.\u00a0 The swell could be a bit uncomfortable but we decided that by leaving right away we should arrive south of Turks and Caicos and gain protection from the north waves by the islands and banks just about when the swells were predicted to arrive.\u00a0\u00a0 We weighed anchor near Gilligann’s Island in south west Puerto Rico about 7:00 am and sailed to Cabo Rojo on the west coast where we quickly fueled up.\u00a0 By 3:00 pm we were ready to go and headed into the Mona passage.<\/p>\n

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Initially we had intended to stop in Georgetown Bahamas to see two catamarans and then continue on to Florida.\u00a0 Arriving near Georgetown we unable to confirm the boats were there and, given the cost to clear into the Bahamas is $300, we decided to keep on going.\u00a0 Here is a chart of our 1,000 mile journey.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t

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