El Morro sailing away!

[Sigtau21]

Will I be able to see El Morro from the ship? I will be leaving on The Empress of the Seas. It is departing from Pan Am pier at 5pm. Will I be able to see the fort from the ship and get some exterior pictures of the ship from there? How much daylight will there be at 5pm in mid april?

[Retired not Expired]

You'll be able to see El Morro while still at the pier. You'll be able to get good views of both forts as you sail. Should be plenty of light but I prefer sailing at night and seeing them lit up.

[Sigtau21]

What time does the sun set in mid april, April 21 to be exact? I would probably like night pictures too but, I think there will still be sunlight when we set sail.

[texancruzer]

Go to www.timeanddate.com/worldclock and scroll down to San Juan. Click on it. Then look for link to get info on any date and follow directions. It will give you the sunrise/sunset times etc......

 

You can get this info for anywhere. Sometimes you must do a "custom search" but just one extra step.

 

Also you can get this info from weather.com but more work.

[cesarrcabrera]

On April the sunset in SJ is at about 6:30-6:45 PM...

 

You will be able to see El Morro as you sail away...

 

I'm curious... is your sailing on the Empress a regular 3 night cruise? cause if so, it actually departs later at night, and not at 5... I've been on that cruise 2 times (going on my 3rd this December), and we always sail by at night.. :)

[Sigtau21]

No its not the regular, It is a repositioning cruse, 8 day ends in Philadelphia. It will then be doing trips to Bermuda.

[Fontaid]

The earliest the sun sets in PR is approx. 6 pm in December; the latest is about 7:30 pm in June. Puerto Rico does not go on Daylight Savings Time. They remain on Atlantic Standard Time (AST) all year.

 

As far as seeing El Morro when you leave... it'll be a little more than a "rock's throw away" as you're going through the channel. It's very pretty during the day, but perhaps even prettier after dark when it's lighted. You'll have good lighting because the sun will be behind you as you take pictures from the ship while sailing away.

 

The one thing I like to think about while sailing away from El Morro is that Sir Francis Drake and his ships bombarded the fort. If you visit El Morro and see the walls, which are 8 - 10 feet thick in places, you'll understand what a futile attempt it was. They didn't have explosive cannon balls back then, so they all pretty much bounced off the fort. On the other hand the cannons in the fort had a field day lobbing cannon balls through the ships' rigging!!!

 

Dave

:) :) :)

[gtaylor]

[Cessna140]

You got some beautiful pictures of El Morro and Old San Juan! Thanks for sharing!

[Sigtau21]

I hope to get similar pictures of El Morro!! Those were nice!