Since Vero Beach, we've been in full provision mode in preparation for our jump to the Bahamas. We thought we had a weather window that would open in the early a.m. on Friday but it closed for us given the conditions we're willing to go out in. A number of other boats tried but we heard on the radio later that it did not go all that well. One boat left and sailed for five hours only to return to Palm Beach after realizing that the conditions were no good.
We stayed tucked into port just south of the Lake Worth Inlet in Palm Beach. Tomorrow we'll either run down some more ICW miles or bump out and do a coastal sail. With either plan we'll be moving toward Ft. Lauderdale and then to a location south of Miami. We'll be staging at that point to cross over to the Bahamas with the intent of sailing north of Bimini and on to the Great Bahama Bank the first day.
Given the current weather, it looks like our crossing will happen just before or just after Christmas. Santa will be visiting our boat no matter where we are so that's good.
We've gotten some new wi-fi equipment so we'll have internet when we can find it. We'll also have email by satphone thanks some very nice friends of ours who loaned us the phone. As soon as I figure out the connection stuff we'll also be getting weather emails via a satphone/computer connection.
Well, that's what's happening at the moment. Just want to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas and a great New Year. Hopefully our next posts will be of us in the Bahamas. Stay tuned!!
We stayed tucked into port just south of the Lake Worth Inlet in Palm Beach. Tomorrow we'll either run down some more ICW miles or bump out and do a coastal sail. With either plan we'll be moving toward Ft. Lauderdale and then to a location south of Miami. We'll be staging at that point to cross over to the Bahamas with the intent of sailing north of Bimini and on to the Great Bahama Bank the first day.
Given the current weather, it looks like our crossing will happen just before or just after Christmas. Santa will be visiting our boat no matter where we are so that's good.
We've gotten some new wi-fi equipment so we'll have internet when we can find it. We'll also have email by satphone thanks some very nice friends of ours who loaned us the phone. As soon as I figure out the connection stuff we'll also be getting weather emails via a satphone/computer connection.
Well, that's what's happening at the moment. Just want to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas and a great New Year. Hopefully our next posts will be of us in the Bahamas. Stay tuned!!
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