Category Archives: Underway

Just because we are out here exploring paradise, doesn’t mean there are not chores to do. A typical morning on Harmonie starts with Bill getting up  first (Karen likes to sleep late) to run the generator and if we are someplace with … Continue reading →

Sometimes I think that I repeat myself too much when I say, “We had another delightful sail.”  The reason I get to say that so often is that we are very careful in our passage planning and look for the … Continue reading →

The Tradewinds stalled a day early, so we took off this afternoon like a herd of turtles making eastward progress along the southeastern coast of Puerto Rico. Right now we are about due south of Punta Tuna, on an overnight … Continue reading →

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 →