Making great time now that I am on a northeast heading and the winds are SE. Beam reach with 15 - 20 kt. winds and 1 - 2 ft. waves. Been at this since 1400. Very gusty earlier and heeled over 25 - 30 degrees until I could reef the main. The great news is I haven't broken anything yet. EVERYTHING is stowed and/or tied down! It doesn't get much better than this. I have covered 60 miles so far and the winds are starting to lighten up a bit, so progress is likely to slow. Just heard about a water spout forming off Boca Chica Key down by Key West. Glad I am out of there! Feeling great and going to push on through the night and expect to make it to Ft. Lauderdale. Actually, if I can keep up this pace, I will be passing Miami around 0200 and I don't want to go in there at night anyway.