Author Archives: Bill Kinney

We have moved further east and are now in Bahia de Jobos, our jumping off spot to the Spanish Virgin Islands. Right now we are tucked up in a mangrove creek, well sheltered from winds and waves. After a long … Continue reading →

Sometimes it takes a few tries to get it right. In a recent post I wrote about fishing for an hour and catching nothing big enough to keep for dinner. Followed by fishing for an hour and catching two fish … Continue reading →

Saturday was our day to explore Isla Caja de Muertos.  The island is part of the Puerto Rico Park system, and like any park it has its rules.  Like any place aspiring to international cosmopolitanism, your signs can’t have text–someone … Continue reading →

Today we decided to leave the Ponce Club Nautico and go anchor out. We completed all of our shopping and resupply efforts, returned our rental car, and needed to get away from the crowds coming to the marina for the … Continue reading →

Yesterday we took the chance to explore the island by car.  The highlight of our short trip was a visit to the El Yunque National Forest–the only tropical rainforest run by the US Forest Service.  We were lucky to be … Continue reading →

The host of the blog system we use supplies a number of metrics that are probably very important to someone doing this as a financial venture, but only of casual interest to us.  Still, it is interesting to see where people … Continue reading →

We have now finished our excursion to Florida, and completed successfully everything on our list–with a few bonus items. We successfully transferred our official residence to Florida, and got our Florida drivers licenses to prove it.  We completed the paperwork … Continue reading →

We had an uneventful flight back to the Miami area yesterday.  In three hours we covered as much ocean as took us two months by harbor hoping on Harmonie. While here we are going to handle some doctor checkups, shopping … Continue reading →

We arrived yesterday at the Ponce Fishing and Yacht Club where they have dock space available for us while we travel back to Florida to do some logistics. The fishing and yacht club is an interesting place.  Almost all the … Continue reading →

We have been anchored off the town of La Parguera for a while now.  The town is small and compact, without a lot of services, but does have a small grocery and some restaurants.  Some times when you are cruising … Continue reading →