Where is the internet? It seems strange that it is very hard to find good internet in Puerto Rico. We don't miss TV at all, but we really like having internet from the boat. It seems everywhere we go in PR there is no wireless available. We find this surprising after getting internet most of the way down the Pacific coast. We heard so many good things about Salinas that we were sure we would be able to get internet access. Not even the marina here has internet. The only place is a small dark bar where you can set up and get internet but you must buy food and drink. Enough said about internet, but we needed to keep in touch.
We are still having some problems with our batteries...I have gone through the electrical system over and over and have come up with the only solution is to replace four deep cell batteries. These batteries sat in Florida while we waited out hurricane season. I did charge and cycle them but maybe somehow they were damaged. Even after a full charge and a short time after I couldn't start the engine. At first I suspected that something in the system was drawing power that we didn't know about. But after checking all the wiring at least twice the last resort is to buy new batteries. Puerto Rico turned out to be to be a good place to get new ones... they even delivered to the boat. This solved most of the problem but I decided to add another hard cranking battery (along with the deep cell) for engine starting. This solution solved our engine starting problems but not without spending some money we didn't plan for...
With our power problems solved we decided to motor/sail for the Spanish Virgin Islands. This is a group of island east of Puerto Rico that they own. There are small towns, which mostly catered to tourists, and many people say they are the best part of Puerto Rico. It is a full days motor/sail into the wind from Salinas so we plan to leave in the afternoon and travel through the night. We threaded our way through the reefs to the open ocean. The wind was pretty calm and we were making good time. As the sun rose we rounded the eastern end of Puerto Rico and the wind and current was wrapping around in our favor. We anchored between two huge rocks just offshore the small tourist town of Esperanza on the island of Viegues, Spanish Virgins.