We made it.  The dreadnaught M/V Jenny, Nicholas and I went through

The Mona Passage has a reputation for being a vicious body of water.

As we entered Samana Bay, I wasn't paying particular attention and

There are whales here.  I saw a lot of blows, breaches and backs,

I got into the anchorage around 2:00 PM and got the anchor down.

Then I crashed again and got up at 5 PM.  I wanted to see if I could

Tomorrow, Joe the port agent wants to move me to another spot.

Life is good.

 

David A Schramm M/V Jenny Current Location (blue pin) Jenny Journey Log -----Original Message----- From: jennyjourney@googlegroups.com [mailto:jennyjourney@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David@Schramm-Family.net Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 6:00 PM To: JennyJOurney@GoogleGroups.com Subject: Report From Onboard Jenny Saturday, February 28, 2009 5:59:34 PM Location: Samana, DR Latitude is 19 degrees 11.884 minutes north. Longitude is 69 degrees 19.733 minutes west. Current passage average speed = 0.00, distance = 0.00, duration = 0.00 days 0.00 hours 0.00 minutes. This weather observation was at Saturday, February 28, 2009 5:40:17 PM local time. Observation location: Samana, Dominican Republic. Latitude is 19 degrees 11.883 minutes north. Longitude is 69 degrees 19.734 minutes west. The air temperature is 79, and water temperature is 0 degrees fahrenheit. The forecast is Sunny. The current weather is dry. The sky is scattered clouds (10 - 50% clouds). The wind is 2 knots from the northeast. The visibility is 10 nautical miles. The wave height is 0 feet with 0 foot swells. The barometer is 1018 millibars and steady. We made it. The dreadnaught M/V Jenny, Nicholas and I went through the notorious Mona Passage. We started at 4:00 PM and watched as the moon and Venus rose together and set together. It was beautiful in a clear sky. As it got dark, Nicholas and I got set up for a long night. The Mona Passage has a reputation for being a vicious body of water. It is the passage between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Wind and currents churn up a soup of nasty steep chop. While we did not have to cross the passage, we did have to scoot along the DR coast side of it to get up to Samana. We did our homework. The weather forecast was good for all the points around the corner, we went at night to catch the "night lee" and we hugged the DR coast. The result was a passage with a lot of motion, but no whitecaps, little wind and no trama. Two other boats were using the same night to cross. At daybreak, we were beyond the passage and starting to make our turn down wind and down wave. Big smiles. As we entered Samana Bay, I wasn't paying particular attention and we snagged a crab pot. Oh my. I got the other bird up and was just about to work on the problem child when the pot fell off. Thank you! However I noticed the bird was not running right and had to bring it up anyway to get it untwisted. I was on full alert after that. There are whales here. I saw a lot of blows, breaches and backs, all at a distance though. There are quite a few boats here that take people out to chase them... I got into the anchorage around 2:00 PM and got the anchor down. I've read that there can be high winds here, so I parked in the middle and put 300 ft of chain out. Then the Navy came out and collected my Dispatcho (DR port to port clearance document). I cleanded up the boat, showered, and fell into bed. Sometime later, another panga came up with the port captain agend and his buddy. They wanted to collect the port fee and talk about their service. The port fee is $32 / month for Jenny ($.70 / ft / month). That gives you a dinghy dock, water, and trash. Basically the same as Club Nautico in Cartagena, at 1/4 the cost! I'm beginning to like this place. Tomorrow I'm meeting Chico at 9 to have him give me a tour of the town. It looks nice from the boat. Then I crashed again and got up at 5 PM. I wanted to see if I could grab a free WiFi connection so set up the laptop. Boy was I surprised to find the telcom here provides free wireless!!! Boy, I'm beginning to like this place!!! Tomorrow, Joe the port agent wants to move me to another spot. We'll see. I'll ignore him if I can. I'll lower the dinghy and go in with Nicholas. He's ready for dry land. Life is good. David Powered by BoatExec http://www.BoatExec.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JennyJourney" group. To post to this group, send email to jennyjourney@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to jennyjourney+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jennyjourney?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---