Culberita

Culberita is a small uninhabited island just to the north and east of Culebra. It has a beautiful beach, a well protected if somewhat swell ridden anchorage, some good reefs for snorkeling and fishing. It is also a turtle reserve, and as we are here it is egg laying season, so there are many many turtles swimming around the boat.

We came in here on Sunday, and while less than Saturday, there were about 75 boats in - all just for the day - celebrating the Easter holiday. Most of the boats were power boats that came over from Puerto Rico. The would anchor stern to the beach and jump off into the water. All having a very good time. Now mid-week it is just us cruisers - 4 boats in all.

We will leave Culberita for the USVI's later this week after the east winds lay down a bit.

Jake has been working on his swimming and is doing quite well. He also caught his first fish yesterday, a Remora (they have suckers on the top of their head, which they use to attach to sharks, rays, turtles, boats, divers), unfortunately not an eating fish so we let it go, but it played and fought quite a bit so Jake had a nice time.

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