{"id":516,"date":"2018-12-03T12:19:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T12:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oceanbluesailing.net\/?p=516"},"modified":"2019-03-29T18:47:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T18:47:50","slug":"aruba-to-columbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oceanbluesailing.net\/?p=516","title":{"rendered":"Aruba to Columbia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We left at 5 am with an Easterly wind which increased to perfect downwind sailing with the Parasailor. A two day sail was planned, broken by a stop over in a large bay, Ensenada Huaritcheru, before arriving in Santa Marta. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first day was champagne sailing with everything working as it should. We caught a small Mahi but it jumped free before we could land it and something else bit through the trace in one bite without any effort – probably best that we didn\u2019t try to get that one on board!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We arrived at the anchorage of Ensenada Huaritcheru early afternoon and got some rest. We planned a lunch time departure to arrive for what was promised to be a spectacular sunrise over the Sierra Nevada mountains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Spectacular Sierra Nevada, snow capped mountains<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The next day we set off in a brisk force 5 wind with an uncomfortable quartering sea. We did manage to catch a very nice Tuna just as it was getting dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once we rounded the Cabo De La Aguja headland the sea state calmed and we were able to have a gentle arrival into Santa Marta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were met by the marina rib and escorted to our berth with plenty of help around to take lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunset over Santa Marta Marina<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It was great to be able to assess the boat and clean her off, unfortunately we had a tear in the main sail, probably from a spreader end which would need investigating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were not allowed to explore the city until the formalities had been completed but enjoyed a social in the marina seating area, catching up with fellow rally sailors and exchanging tales from the trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We left at 5 am with an Easterly wind which increased to perfect downwind sailing with the Parasailor. A two day sail was planned, broken by a stop over in a large bay, Ensenada Huaritcheru, before arriving in Santa Marta. The first day was champagne sailing with everything working as it should. We caught a … Continue reading “Aruba to Columbia”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Dsom-8k","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanbluesailing.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanbluesailing.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanbluesailing.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanbluesailing.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanbluesailing.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oceanbluesailing.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":520,"href":"https:\/\/oceanbluesailing.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516\/revisions\/520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanbluesailing.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanbluesailing.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanbluesailing.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}