The wind has been blowing 20 to 25 out of the north north east for several days which keeps us pinned down here in the harbor. Our friends Jon and Shawna on "Beausoiel" have managed to catch up. They plan to do what we just finished ( Key West, Dry Tortugas et all.) It would have been fun to have them with us. Rudy and Marilyn from Lighthouse Point joined us for a couple of days , which was great fun. So why don’t you come down???

I am itching to cross over to the Bahamas. It takes at least a two day window of weather to make the crossing safely. When the wind is blowing with any north element to it the waves in the Gulf Stream get huge and are dangerous to boats and people. Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week look great. Dave, on "Cats Paw" a catamaran, is interested in crossing together. They have two kids, a cat and a dog for crew. What fun. The plan is to sail up to Rodriguez Key off Key Largo to start our crossing. It is shorter and we get a better angle on the Gulf Stream. The 3 mile northerly current  will give us a great boost. It is about 73 miles of open ocean to the Bahamas bank. We can check in at Bimini or go on to Nassau. I don’t much care about Nassau but it is easy to check in and Shannon may come to see us and Nassau is at the top of the Exuma island chain. It will be easy to go over to Highborn Key to hide out for a couple of days and then go back to get Shannon.

That’s  the plan, but as Bobby Burns said "the best laid plans of mice and men gang glan astray". OK so my Gallic needs work. I’ll jump right on it after my course in quantum mechanics.

ANOTHER OLD ONE!