We sailed from Roatan to Providentia in December 2016 aboard our 44'
catamaran
We first sailed from Roatan to Guanaja , which IMHO is nicer than Roatan and worth a visit.
Winds blowing generally from North East in December, we left Guanaja at 4 PM,
sailed straight on a port tack, passed cabo Gracias a Dios the second night, close to the shore, with
AIS transmitter OFF and
navigation lights OFF to dodge the pirates which are unfortunately active around this cape, and reached Providentia after 40 hours at an average 9 knots+
In other circumstances we dropped
anchor in the western lee of Swan Island- Santanilla, when sailing from
Cuba to
Guatemala This was a usefull rest , but other wise we found little to do in this island. IMHO this anchorage is not worth beating 160 miles (or worse tacking 320 milles) against the NE
trade winds which prevail in early
winter.