We had heard about this little island and thought it would be interesting to see it ourselves. It has no vegetation and the only people on it are around 20 guys from the Venezuelan navy. It was once 2 islands that they joined together with rock and gravel then they ran a rope from one shore to the other in the small bay where visiting boats tie up to. We arrived at dusk on a Saturday and thought we would clear in in the morning. The navy wanted to do it then so we had to go ashore to get them as they did not have a boat to come out to us. Yep, a navy with no boat,something for Hugo Chavez to work on. They were very friendly and we got through the paperwork in a short time. In the morning i got the radar down and installed the new motor and belt that Trudy brought back from home. We were hailed from shore and invited to join the guys for breakfast drinks and then lunch. The guys had been up all night playing cards and drinking, (ya, service men, the same all over) and wanted to show us around there rock. They are stationed on the island for 45 days at a time and it has to be extremely boring as not many boats come through here. We got to go up in the lighthouse and get some great aerial shots of the island. They served us lunch and we played a quick game of domino's before saying so long and heading for Columbia.
55NM sailed in 13 hours
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