Things are beginning to get crowded with all these tropical depressions & Hurricanes. We have Gustav, Hanna, Ike, and a distant Josephine out here dancing around the Atlantic basin. We are now sprinting towards the United States. We arose in the darkness this morning to get an early start on the 75NM crossing from Chub Cay in the Berry Island to Cat Cay near Bimini. The majority of this distance is over the Bahamas Bank and averages less the 3 meters deep. The depth is no problem for C'est la Vie, but the shallow water makes the sea state more difficult to deal with in the frequent squalls.
The winds off the squalls generally assisted us in maintaining a daily average speed of 5.6 knots for a total distance of 81NM. This allowed us to drop the hook in Honeymoon Harbor before nightfall. Honeymoon Harbor lies on the cusp of the Gulf Stream. Tomorrow we will get another early start for our final leg back to the US.