January 5th, 2010 Black Point, Exumas
The wind and seas were up last night as we knew they would. Although we have NW protection here the wind was out of the NNW which was not good. "Sapphire" was rocking and rolling to the point where sleep was next to impossible. I woke at 1 a.m. and was awake until 4 a.m. reading but was able to get a couple of hours more before daylight.
Things continued during the day. Walking around the boat was impossible without holding something which make simple things like washing dishes almost impossible. We warmed up leftovers, ate conch salad from the day before and had some peanut butter sandwiches. Cooking was not possible.
We are trying to find a two day window to push south to the Jumentos but it doesn't look like it will be this week. There is another front coming through on Saturday and we'll have to find some protection for a couple of days. On the brighter side ... it looks like high pressure is going to begin do dominate out in the Atlantic which should put our weather back into a more normal mode with east winds between fronts instead of NW.
We listened to Purdue play Minnesota this evening while the winds abated enough for a good night's sleep.