Large Northerly swells??

We stayed put today because they were calling for large Northerly swells with warnings for everybody. It's hard to believe looking at this sea. The winds are again from the West, as they have been for the last three days, but I think I have solved the mystery: the high pressure system we have been reading about, has slowed the Trade winds and what we feel on the coast is the air being pulled from the sea and coming down the mountains!
It is very tempting to go out and try crossing the Mona and pay no heed to the warnings but having had the worst passage in our life on the North Coast of the DR, exactly where we are going, we will just wait
We tried to go to an anchorage 7 miles to the North of Boqueron, but there is a marina, it's shallow and there is no place to anchor. We thought of going on to Mayaguez, but the anchorage is not protected from the West, so we are coming back to spend the night in Boqueron. It's a lovely day, nice breeze, flat seas: perfect day for sailing....
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