Passage to Aruba
March 16th, Monday After one last big shopping spree in Sam’s Club for boat provisions we sail to The Coffin Island (Caja de Muertos) 7 miles southeast of Ponce. Every weekend a boat unloads a mob of Puerto Rican weekenders with their beach umbrellas and beach creams to spend a few hours on the beach […]
Puerto Rico Thank You and Good Bye
Puerto Rico was good to us. Here we met again many of our old cruising friends and we also made many new friends. The girls from S/V Salty Kisses One of our best moments was visiting Guavate’s lechoneras and spending an afternoon with Greg and Michel from S/V Semper Fi eating roasted pig Puerto Rico style and dancing […]
Fishing
A pious man explained to his followers: “It is evil to take lives and noble to save them. Each day I pledge to save a hundred lives. I drop my net in the lake and scoop a hundred fishes. I place the fishes on the bank, where they flop and twirl. ‘Don’t be scared,’ I […]
Off The Grid
Off The Grid by Mira Nencheva This article has been published in OffGridQuest.com The English word ‘free’ has two meanings. The goal of our adventures around the world by sailboat are to prove that if you are determined and crazy enough you can enjoy life, learn, and travel free. Such unusual goal is achievable only by […]
Boat School
I want to thank all the kids and parents who live and learn aboard sailboats for helping me with this article! Boat School by Mira Nencheva “We are all schoolmasters, and our schoolhouse is the universe.” -Henry Thoreau . Our daughter Maya is 11-years-old. She doesn’t go to school. Maya doesn’t go to school because […]
The Monkey Island
The Monkey Island by Mira Nencheva We humans, despite history, despite nature, despite consciousness, keep doing strange things in the name of science and in the name of humanity. Mother and baby Rhesus macaques Майка и бебе резуз макак There is an island we found 12 miles southwest of Fajardo- a small island barely 600 […]
Neptune, Thank You For The Fish !
After three weeks in Fajardo the time came to sail west. We set sail for Ponce, only about 60 miles away. The east winds behind us at about 20 knots, Fata Morgana was doing 7-8 knots, sometimes even 9, surfing down the waves. Slowly, a black cloud appeared behind us and started catching up on us. […]
Pig Roast and Bachata in Guavate
Another epic St Valentine’s weekend. Beautiful Puertorican girl dancing Bachata There is a unique place in Puerto Rico and probably in the entire world named Guavate, a small mountain village where every Sunday a great crowd gathers. As early as 11 a.m. people from all corners of the island start to arrive blocking the road. […]
How We Got Our New Kayak
Some time ago I wrote about the advantages of the simple kayak, explaining that the kayak for us is not just for fun or for sport, but it is also a clean, silent, shallow-drought alternative to the dinghy, capable even of pulling the catamaran, when needed. Everyone loves the kayak When our 15-years-old kayak Agent […]
Kayak Expedition to Rio Fajardo
The anchorage in Fajardo on the east side of Puerto Rico is situated inside a river delta. Today for the first time we went on a short river expedition with our NEW kayak- stronger, bigger, lighter. After only about 10 minutes of paddling we entered the river Rio Fajardo, which flows slowly on the edge […]
