Estrellita in PR and Virgin Islands

Estrellita is headed south along Bruce Van-Sant’s “Thornless Path” (sometimes thornless)



We got along the southern shore of Puerto Rico pretty quickly. We overnighted from Boqueron to Salina and then took short hops to Puerto Patillas, Vieques, and finally Culebra where we slowed down to spend the 3 day Memorial Day Weekend in Puerto De Manglar on the SE coast of Culebra surrounded by the local boating community out for a good family fun time. It was a blast. We met a couple Puerto Rican families that I hope we know for a long time. We got out the sailboard for the first time and learned to play Dominoes.



We had a great sail to the USVI. Typically the winds are right on the nose and can cause trouble on the passage, spelled M-o-t-o-r, but we got lucky with SSE winds and a beat into Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas.



In St Thomas it was groceries, laundry and internet access for 3 days, then off to Christmas Cove on Great St. James. There it was only us, a tourist boat full of snorkelers around midday and a charter boat or two for the overnight, every night. Beautiful water, good snorkeling and much to our surprise…. WIFI! So we hung out there for a couple days too.



The thing about cruising is the people you meet. There are a couple photos here of Walter and Shai and their 3 kids aboard Dream Aweigh, a 48’ Island Packet. I’ve included a couple of their family photos because I thought you may like them as much as we did.