Total Distance: 0 Miles Under Sail: 0
Average Speed: 0 kts
Conditions: Clear, 75-80 F, Wind South at 5-10 kts, Seas 1-2 ft

How come every time a sailor wants to sail to a destination, the weather gods always have the last laugh. The Gulf Stream is going to be nasty this weekend and most of next week. Not sure when I will leave. The Gulf Stream is going to get UGLY with average height waves around 6-8 feet this weekend. My crew bailed on me for the crossing so I might do the first week alone. Not to happy about that. Tonight would have been a good night to cross but I am still on call for work. :>(
I have been a busy girl all week doing projects. Mast got tuned the other day. Also I lead the boom vang back to the cockpit. That sheet owns the first clutch. I had to move the mainsail furling ropes over one. Since we had to cut it I had them installed a new set of ropes. Red of course. :>).. The last clutch has double duty of the jib halyard and the tack line for the Asymmetrical sail. They had to put another rope clutch on the mast for the jib halyard which is pretty cool. Starting to look like a race boat now. :>)...
Provisioning the boat has been something else. I have 8 boxes of beer under the floor boards, 6 bottle of wines in old socks where the speed transducer lives. I made up some straps for the space behind the settee cushions live to hold all the cans of soda. It can hold a shit load of sodas. I bought a 6 quart pressure cooker. Not sure how to use it yet. I am thinking I should have gotten the 4 quart one.
I bought 4 of those Solar LED patio/driveway lights from Home Depot for $4 each. Very cool at night. Since I don't have spreader lights I wanted something to light up the side decks enough I could see. Two of them does a nice job. The other two I have back in the cockpit.
One of my Cuban dockmates gave me a fishing lesson yesterday. He set up my trolling pole of "Death" to catch Maui Maui. In 3 years I have never gotten anything yet. But than again I just throw the stupid line out when ever I am sailing in the ocean and not really trying.
With all this extra weight on the boat, my water line has dropped an inch or two. LOL. I haven't even put on the 4x5gal water containers yet. The boat is an absolute mess right now. Today might be boat cleaning day. I have to get all my winter cloths out and rearrange the V-berth for guests. Not looking forward to that at all.
Love Ya all