Arriving in Bonaire

Jackamy
Paul & Derry Harper
Fri 22 Jan 2010 09:18

12:09.391N     68:17.237W

Friday 22nd January

Arriving in Bonaire

 

We sighted land about 11.30am and had a great sail for the last hour along the west coast,  we were protected by the lee of the land and were able to sail on a beam reach doing 8.5 knots, if only the last 53 hours had been like this! We left Union Island two days and six hours ago , it has been a quick and boisterous sail, with the last 24 hours being quite uncomfortable.

During the night the wind picked up to between 30 – 35 knots  gusting 43 knots (gale force 9) at this stage I had one of my I want to go home moments, but Paul reminded me it would all be worth it when we reached dry land, stating that anyone can fly in to these places but not many sailed in. I wasn’t convinced, at this point I wished I could fly in! The sails were deep reefed and the waves were the largest we have ever experienced, over 4 meters in height.  We settled down the best we could although neither of us got much sleep.

We tied up in Harbour Marina Village, Kralendijk at 1.30 pm. Some other rally boats were already here and after a quick beer and a catch up with Lucy Alice we got our bikes out and headed into town to check in with customs and immigration. We had an early tea with Mark and Chrissy then an early night for all of us.

 

 

 


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