[PUP] San Blas to Key West

[Hal Wyman]

Huh?  Isn't the Mona Passage between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico?

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> bounces+twl2=halwyman.com at lists.samurai.com [mailto:passagemaking-
> under-power-bounces+twl2=halwyman.com at lists.samurai.com] On Behalf Of
> brian eiland
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> Subject: Re: [PUP] San Blas to Key West
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> And you do not want to go thru the Mona Passage in a power vessel if
> you
> can avoid it...can be real nasty
> h ttp://www.southwindssailing.com/articles/9909/distant_horizons.html
> 
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> Received: Wed, 07 May 2008 11:41:06 PM EDT
> From: <thataway4 at cox.net>
> To: passagemaking-under-power at lists.samurai.com
> Subject: [PUP] San Blas to Key West
> 
>   If you go directly to Key West, or Grand Cayman, this is a most
>   difficult passage, since you will be bucking into the trade winds and
>   seas all of the way. I strongly advise against taking this course. I
>   only know of a very limited number of boats which have made this
>   passage, and the vast majority would not try it again.