Magic Dragon Blog

Vessel Name: Magic Dragon
Vessel Make/Model: Tayana V42
Hailing Port: Deltaville, Va
Crew: Herb & Frank
Recent Blog Posts
12 May 2010

Fajardo, Puerto Rico to Beaufort, NC 1170 Nautical Miles

We had planned on leaving Tuesday around noon for the US, but the last minute errands on Monday took longer than anticipated (as usual), and the trip up the mast Frank put off until Tuesday morning revealed a couple of things that needed fixing. By the time we got everything finished we were both pretty [...]

09 May 2010

El Yunque

We were pleasantly surprised when we woke up to clear skies at the marina. The peaks of El Yunque, the only rain forest in the US National Forest system, were mostly clear, with a few clouds around; a big improvement over yesterdays monsoon.

08 May 2010

Costco Day

We went into Carolina, a suburb of San Juan to go to Costco to stock up on stuff for the trip home. We were warned about the traffic, but figured on a Saturday afternoon, how bad could it be?

07 May 2010

Bacardi Rum Factory

We slept in, checked out of the hotel, ate an early lunch in Condado, and then drove over to the Bacardi Rum Factory for the tour and free drinks. The scale of the factory is huge, producing 100,000 gallons of run a day. The our isn't really a tour, it's more of a film/multimedia thing. How they make [...]

06 May 2010

Camuy Caves and Areciba Observatory

We got up, ate breakfast, and hit the road westward, bound for the Camuy Caverns Park. It's about 40 miles from San Juan. The caverns and caves were formed long ago by the Camuy River, part of which flows underground through the limestone rock. The caverns were spectacular, with huge stalactites, stalagmites, [...]

05 May 2010

Old San Juan

We went into San Juan about 930am, timing our arrival to avoid rush hour. The traffic wasn't that bad, and we found the parking lot in Old San Juan easily.

Day of Snorkeling

30 April 2010
Tortuga Bay at Culebrita started getting a little rolly Wednesday night, so we decided to move over to the western side o fCulebra. We picked up a mooring just off the Punta Tamarindo Grande, figureing we would just stay there overnight. There was a weird swell coming from 2 or 3 different directions that was rocking the boat pretty bad. We decided we would just snorkel here and then move some where else later for the night.

The snorkeling was great! Probably the best we've seen the whole trip. Lots of corals and sponges and TONS of fish! We saw a hawks bill turtle, and a peacock flounder on one reef.

We moved the boat southward along the beach to another mooring where it appeared that the swell was only coming from one direction and the wind would keep the boat stern to it. It, however, had a great view of the islands garbage dump and a rocky beach.

We went to bed and woke up at 230 AM when the wind died and the swell and the current pushed the boat so that the mooring ball was banging on the hull. It sounded like it was going all the way around the boat at times. This continued most of the night. Frank, who can sleep through anything, wasn't bothered much. Herb had a sleepless night, unfortunately.
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