Mona Passage Next

We have really enjoyed Samana, DR. The marina/resort has a great facility, warm friendly staff and a top notch Italian restaurant. With the forecast shown here we plan to depart Dec 31, mid morning, and take the north route to Puerto Real, Puerto Rico.

Wind & wave forecast for 18.25º N / 67.5º W

	Tue 30 7am	Tue 30 1pm	Tue 30 7pm	Wed 31 1am	Wed 31 7am	Wed 31 1pm	Wed 31 7pm	Thu 1 1am	Thu 1 7am	Thu 1 1pm	Thu 1 7pm	Fri 2 1am	Fri 2 7am	Fri 2 1pm	Fri 2 7pm	Sat 3 1am	Sat 3 7am	Sat 3 1pm	Sat 3 7pm		Sun 4 7am	Sun 4 1pm	Sun 4 7pm	Mon 5 1am	Mon 5 7am	Mon 5 1pm	Mon 5 7pm	Tue 6 1am
	11 8	11 8	13 10	13 10	14 10	11 8	13 10	12 9	12 9	9 7	14 11	15 11	16 12	16 11	21 15	21 15	20 15	18 13			19 14	16 12	19 14	18 13	20 15	15 1	19 14	17 13
	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
	1.7 1.3	1.8 1.4	1.7 1.3	1.5 1.2	1.4 1	1.3 1	1.3 1	1.2 0.9	1.1 0.8	1.1 0.8	1.2 0.9	1.2 1	1.3 1	1.5 1.1	1.8 1.4	1.8 1.4	1.8 1.4	1.8 1.4		1.8 1.4	1.8 1.4	1.8 1.4	1.8 1.4	1.7 1.3	1.7 1.3	1.6 1.2	1.7 1.3	1.6 1.2
	11	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
	NE	NE	ENE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	E

TCI's to the Dominican Republic

Marina Puerto Bahia, DR

We checked into South Side Marina to enjoy a great but far too short stay in the Turks and Caicos. Thanks for the hospitality Bob. Met up with Duane & June on "Sea Clearly". We shared a rental car to tour the island, go for a snorkel then have lunch at Ocean Reef Resort; a beautiful spot right on the beach. Nice lunch, great service! This  island has really "grown" since we were last here 12 years ago! The resorts are beautiful and it looks like they did it right!

We depart Friday after getting our "outbound" clearance. 15-20kts out of the NE so it was a bit "bumpy" crossing the banks but we were setting ourselves up for the overnight to the Dominican Republic. Checking with Chris Parker and WeatherBouy the upcoming forecast is another great opportunity to take action. After a night at anchor just west of South Caicos we are off Saturday am. The winds are light and other than a few squalls we have a smooth crossing often on glassy seas to Samana, Dominican Republic.