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Wayne B

On Fri, 8 Feb 2013 09:11:24 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

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On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:41:06 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:02:50 -0500, Wayne B
wrote:

hopefully by this time next month we will be deep into the Caribbean,
most probably the BVI or Leeward Islands.

Just be careful in the ghetto there ;-)

Have a great trip and keep in touch.

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After an all day/all night run from the Turks and Caicos we arrived at
the north coast of the Dominican Republic around sunrise. The north
coast of the DR is arguably among the most scenic in the Caribbean,
perhaps anywhere. Picture large mountains covered with lush green
foliage cascading in terraces down to shear rock cliffs which tower
above the water. Off in the hills and trickling down into distant
valleys are pockets of mist and smoke. The sun glistening off of all
this in the early morning light gives makes it an almost mystical,
ethereal vista.

After a sometimes difficult all night run across open ocean, it is
quite a welcome sight. We had the option to stop off at Ocean World
Marina in Puerto Plata this morning but ellected instead to push on
east along the DR coast to Bahia de Samana and Puerto Bahia Marina.
Bahia de Samana is a winter breeding/calving ground for humpbacked
whales, and right on cue we were greeted with the sight of them making
huge leaps and splashes. The leaps and accompanying splash were so
large that they were easily visible from over a mile away. Puerto
Bahia Marina is an absolutely first class facility with good docks,
good protection, and a very helpful, bi-lingual staff. We'll be here
for a few days before pushing on either to Puerto Rico or the south
coast of the DR.

Stay tuned.

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os

Come on, quit teasing, we need pictures!!!! Sounds like you are having a
fantastic trip!

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Organizing, uploading and posting a lot of photos is difficult when
you're underway ans dealing with sketchy internet connections. Here
are some from Google images that will give you some flavor for Puerto
Bahia Marina:

https://www.google.com.do/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=102 4&bih=605&q=puerto+bahia+samana&oq=puerto+bahia

Here's a good coastal picture from someone else's sail blog:

http://www.sailblogs.com/member/svchrista/images/dscf0706_scale.jpg

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