Slow Night and Dying Wind
16 May 2012 | 88 Miles East of NE Providence Channel
Jeff
Our 24 hour run yesterday was 126 nautical miles. This is all due to the wind dropping off over the last day or so. We wanted to have the wind last at least thru the night so that we didn't have to start powering at night. Securing the sails at night isn't something that we like to do. Fortunately the wind hung in until this afternoon around 1300 when we decided to start powering to make progress. We hope to be at "The Hole in the Wall" which is the nickname for NE Providence Channel by tomorrow morning. Providence Channel is a passage thru the northern Bahamas we enter at NE Providence Channel and exit in NW Providence Channel. Right now timing will be everything as there are areas of squall activity predicted to pass thru that area over the next day or so. The forecast is so iffy that right now they don't know how much or how strong the squalls will be. So we will keep our eyes pealed and hope for the best. If things get too bad we will have to pull into somewhere in the Bahamas. Wish us luck tonight and tomorrow with the squall activity.