Easter Weekend in Boqueron and Cabo Rojo, PR

Easter Greetings!
Easter weekend is a popular family holiday, especially at seaside and beach communities here in Puerto Rico. Locals told us that Easter and Fourth of July are the two biggest holidays for coastal communities here.
Tim's new windlass (part to raise and lower the anchor) did not arrive as promised, so here we are, still in Puerto Rico, awaiting delivery of his part. I can think of many worse places to spend a long weekend. Poor Jan, now has to raise and lower the anchor manually until the part arrives.



Zena, Pricess Warrior builds muscle

She has been dubbed "Zena, Princess Warrior".

Sea condition in Boqueron harbor on Good Friday was not particulary comfortable, partly due to wind and ocean swell causing our boat to wallow side to side, as well as the waters being stirred up by jet skis, sport fish yachts and police boats throwing wake and adding to the already stirred up conditions.

There certainly was no shortage of entertainment to watch while aboard.

The beaches were packed with younger revellers enjoying their time off.

As the weekend approached, there was an increasing police presence, with land, water and air patrols.

While all this activity was going on, we were watching a vessel to our port, attempt to raise a sunken sail boat. Not sure what the story behind the sinking is, but the divers were having a rough time in the water, not to mention the associated dangers with all the activity. Of course, there was no dive flag in sight, although I suspect that no-one would have paid any heed.   

                                                      Thankfully, conditions calmed at night when the trade winds dropped and the water revellers headed to shore to continue partying into the early morning hours.

Early on Easter Sunday morning, we opted to head a few miles south to Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico's south western tip, in search of some calmer waters with less hustle and bustle.



Cabo Rojo, SW Tip Puerto Rico



Amazingly, when we arrived, we were the only boats in the bay and the first beach going family was arriving. This seemed to good to be true, and it was. Beach goers and boats continued to stream in and at one point I counted about 35 boats lining the beach. 

It was still quiet compared with the activity in Boqueron. For a while, we were serenaded with a plethora of music blaring from different boats. The latino people sure love their music, the louder the better and Puerto Ricans are no exception.

Once again, there was no shortage of police presence.

The park patrol had a dune buggy that was constantly vigilant and the jet ski patrols checked out visiting jet skis and small water craft. The helicopter patrol flew overhead several times during the day.
Easter Monday is not a holiday in Puerto Rico and as a result, the beach crowd started to dwindle and by sunset, the only ones left were ourselves and Lamb Chop.

A desserted and tranquil beach, once again, life is good!