Because lots of cruisers arriving from the Bahamas get stuck here for months even years and cannot continue east. The Mona Passage is so calm, we let the kids steer the boat. There wasn’t much to do or see so we all played on our electronic device of choice. How do I know? Come celebrate with us on Oct. 10th! on his birthday with some music, poetry & more music! (#Libra Season!) We do things rather slowly on our 40 foot Catamaran. For one month at anchor in Luperon we listened to the horror stories of fellow sailors who have braved these waters, many damaging even losing their boats.Get every new post on this blog delivered to your Inbox.We start in the evening, as Mr. Van Sand taught us, shamefully motoring, stopping in Rio San Juan, 50 NM east of Luperon, to rest for a few hours. The Mona Passage consists of Yabey, Bonafide & Vincent.
They are loud, brash and obnoxious just like you, they wear their brains on their sleeves and their hearts in their pockets, They are the Mona Passage, your favorite new band… Some sell their boats and take the plane home”, they tell us.We arrive in Ponce, Puerto Rico after 5 days of very pleasant relaxed sailing, our fuel tanks half-full (last fueled 5 months ago in Key West), nothing damaged on the boat, none of us tired or scared. The crossing takes us 5 days, sailing 80% of the time, motoring only the first two nights along the Dominican north shore and past some of the capes. We have a rotating roster of oddballs & weirdos that play in the band. The Mona Passage is a progressive experiemental art rock band made up of entirely Puerto Rican and Dominican Musicians. Music. Not once did we see any other boats or ships. Once the sunset the sea became calmer along the coast. So, most cruisers heading south to the Caribbean stop in the Dominican Republic (DR) to wait for a good time to cross the Mona Passage.. We tried to sail from Turks & Caicos to Puerto Rico directly, skipping the DR and quickly discovered it wasn’t possible. In fact, our chances of seeing our friends before they flew back to America were diminishing quickly.So if we did it again, we’d motor along the coast after the sunset. We even have a period of becalmed seas but the “unpredictable shifting current” is in our favor and we slowly drift towards Puerto Rico, avoiding shoals and storm cells from the north.Not a fun book to read if you are planning to actually go out there and attempt sailing the Dominican Republic north coast against the Trades and crossing the Mona Passage, but it surely thought us a lot, and we did appreciate every bit of information and advice in it. Mona (band), a Nashville-located alternative rock band Mona, released in 2011; Mona, a 1912 opera by Horatio Parker; Mona – The Carnivorous Circus, a 1970 record by The Deviants "Mona", a song by the Beach Boys from their 1977 album Love You "Mona" (I Need You Baby), a 1957 song by Bo Diddley Films. 17 Frost Gallery in Brooklyn! Wing-on-wing. That wasn’t a good decision. The wind was over 30 knots and we were getting battered. The Mona Passage near Puerto Rico – it became very calm For the most part, the only time that the trades quiet down is when the wind blows lightly from the southeast.
eyes are two slits only painters can paint do i need your permission to faint? .
This HIGHLIGHTS video documents part of the Cologne / The Mona Passage show that went down in La Tertulia en mi Tierra , Mayagüez, Puerto … A weather window opens up right when we need it, after a month of steady 20-25 knot east trades and two days after we return from our epic Dominican Republic road trip ready to sail! The Mona Passage is so calm, we let the kids steer the boat. Because lots of cruisers arriving from the Bahamas get stuck here for months even years and cannot continue east. Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico, Crossing the Mona Passage. That being said, it wasn’t too bad. 7PM! as we celebrate our main man Bonafide Rojas (Rojas) Thank you. The larger and higher the landmass the stronger the daytime heating and the calmer the waters will be near land.The plan was to leave just before dusk to take advantage of the night lee but Simon and I got anxious. What happens is the land cools quicker than the deep sea which deflects the tradewinds. Keep the articles rolling.
It was worse than a washing machine – it was a washing machine that was being tossed in the air while on the spin cycle.Provided the winds don’t exceed 15 knots, you can benefit from the night lee. And once we headed east into open water it was a bit rocky to start but by midnight it was very calm.Sailing, Liveaboard Life, Guides, Checklists, Vlog & More!Sailing Britican, All Rights Reserved
You can also throw in a few potential thunderstorms too!The sun setting over the Dominican RepublicWe were heading into huge waves with big swells hitting us on the side of the boat.