Boqueron Artist

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Miguel is an artist here in Bogueron. He sits in the plaza adjacent to the dinghy dock and paints T-shirts. He will do it from pictures so we had him make us a couple of Ka'imi at Pinney Beach, Nevis. He enjoys his work very much and says he has no stress, nice.

Here are some pictures of him at work and some of his T-shirts. If you are ever in Bogueron, Puerto Rico, you must come and see him and have him create you a T-shirt. He also gave us his phone number and address so if you really want a T-shirt you can mail him a photo and have him create you one and ship it back to you. They were $18 a piece.

Miguel Torres Velazquez, HC02 Box 12225 , San German, Puerto Rico, 00683

Tel. 787 299 1688 / 787 254 1058

Miguel is going to get us an email address also, when he does we will post it here, so maybe you can email him a photo. I am sure you will have to pay for shipping. He is a very nice guy and VERY talented!!

Bye for now, Mike and Kim

Boqueron, Puerto Rico

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Hola amigos, our trip from Bonaire to Puerto Rico was great! The first day and night was a little rough and we got a little wet, but it calmed down and the rest of the trip was nice. We were close hauled the whole way. This was our longest trip yet and we would do it again!! We traveled a total of 375 nautical miles, our average speed was 5 knots, our maximum speed was 10.3 knots and our moving time was 74 hours and 33 minutes. We left Bonaire at 7:00 AM on Thursday and arrived and anchored down in Boqueron, Puerto Rico, which is on the western coast, at 9:37 AM on Sunday.

Another cruiser, Jim and Norma on Mi'lady, came over Sunday after we had anchored and told us he had arranged to have Raul, the local taxi driver, take a few cruisers over to Mayaguez to check in, the process was not too bad. The next day we went back with Raul to Mayaguez to provision, again with several other cruisers, and found a huge mall with every American store you can think of - from Walmart to Radio Shack and grocery stores too. We stocked up for our time in the Bahamas...it was like being back in the states, we haven't seen alot of these things since we left the states in November 2005. It's funny we were looking at possible TV shows to download on the internet and we didn't recognize any of the shows...it's been awhile :)

Boqueron is a very nice anchorage. The town was once a small fishing settlemnt, now it is a popular tourist and college hangout. During the week it is very quiet and peaceful, but Saturday and Sunday it comes alive with street vendors and people fill the streets. They sell alot of oysters and clams. The beaches also fill up with people. They have a lot of these bungaloes along the beach, it looks like day rentals and they have kitchens and barbeques right along the beach. There are alot of jet skis and power boats out on the weekends and the Police were out this Sunday, giving tickets for those going too fast.

This guy was very busy keeping an eye on everyone in the street below. He barked all day.

We did laundry for ourselves for the first time since we left Sint Maarten. They usually have laundries that do it for you - local work. This is the laundromat - the machines were clean but they dryers took forever........we were there for hours and hours.... :(

We are now waiting for a weather window to head to the Turks and Caicos. From there we will start heading up through the Bahamas and then to the States. It looks like we might leave this Friday, the 23rd. We anticipate the trip to be approximately 300 miles, which should take us about 60 hours. We should have a beam reach or a tail wind, so the ride should be very comfortable :)

Adios, Mike and Kim

Day 4 arrived in Puerto Rico

We arrived safe and sound in Boqueron Puerto Rico enjoying our first beer in three days... we had to slow the boat down so we wouldn't get here before daylight. The first day and night were a bit sideways and the decks got a fair amount of salt water but the last two days the seas calmed down and it was bliss :) Shortly after anchoring Capt'n Jim Hendricks from the vessel "Mi-Lady" stopped to say hello and see if we had a ride into the town of Mayaguez where we need to check in, he noticed our quarantine flag up, so tomorrow we have a ride with 3 other cruisers - that just made our day. Good Bye for now getting tired, need some sleep, more details later. Adios from Puerto Rico, Mike and Kim

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Day 3 to Puerto Rico

Good morning, the SSB seems to be up and running - yahoo!! It's 9:30AM and we are 110 miles off the coast of Puerto Rico and 50 hours and 29 minutes into our trip. Our position is N 16 16.069 W 67 32.300. Winds are 12-15 knots out of 080-090 degrees, seas are 2-3 feet out of the NE, and our bearing is 034 degrees. Our average speed is 5.2 knots. It's a beautiful day out here, clear skies and calm seas. We saw some HUGE tuna feeding this morning. We should be in Puerto Rico sometime tomorrow morning, but that will depend on the wind speed and direction. We are doing great!!! Adios Mike & Kim

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Day 2 to Puerto Rico

Were still out here :) It's 12:21 PM and we are 29 hours into our trip. Our position is N 14 36.578 W 68 11.854. Winds are 17-20 knots out of 090 degrees, seas are 4-5 feet out of the NE, and our bearing is 030 degrees. Our average speed is 5.5 knots. All is well and we are doing great. Unfortunately, we did discover a leak right above the SSB radio and it did get some salt water on it. This means that it may not continue to work :(. If that's the case, then you won't be hearing from us until we get to Puerto Rico and find an internet cafe. So if you don't here from us after this, please don't worry, everything is good out here. Adios Mike & Kim

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