Overnight to Salinas

We left Boqueron as planned and set an anchor for several hours near some mangroves on the southwestern tip of the island of Puerto Rico. A little after 1900, after a nice Easter dinner, we departed. With the favorable weather, we decided to try to make it all the way to Salinas rather than stopping at Ponce. Salinas was the destination harbor where we planned to get the outboard issue settled. So instead of the fuel stopover in Ponce, we took advantage of light trade winds (actually almost non-existent); relatively calm seas and headed an additional 23 miles.

We arrived around 0745 on Monday morning. The anchorage is packed. It took some hunting for a space. We tried one place - but couldn't get the anchor to hold (perhaps that's why there's so many mooring balls and double anchored boats).

We moved to a new location and it set on the first try. Now Michael has rowed to the marina, phone cards in hand, to start the outboard battle.

It's a pretty harbor, surrounded by mangroves. Services in Salinas are supposed to be quite good from groceries to laundry.and even a bakery. Perhaps ice cream as well!!! We'll take advantage of them all as we settle in for as long as it takes to get mobile again with an outboard.