02/06/07 25.17.116"N: 78.21.757"W
The weather has not been conducive to going anywhere. So I know it is hard to believe but we stay at the marina for four days.
We made some new friends; they are on a Catalina from Calgary, Alberta. Very very nice folks. They are on "S/V Sooo Fine Too", they have been a great help with fenders and lines, as we are on the t-head and getting beat up pretty bad.
The weather man says it may be getting better so a gaggle of us head across the bank. We don't leave until after noon. The conditions are not perfect, but as Sharon on "S/V Allez Cat" says "hell we're sail boats". We are able to sail all night with winds out of the North at 20-25 knts. Seas are 3-4 with some a bit larger.
We anchor short of Northwest Channel light on a shoal northwest of Andros.
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The weatherman says it is not really a good time to cross but if we wait for a perfect window we won't make it across the Gulf Stream! So we leave Boca Chita at 0600 hrs. and go out of Cape Florida. The conditions are 4-6 foot seas and winds out of the south at 15-20 knts. We make the crossing in record time for us. We covered the 59 miles in less than 9 hours, under sail alone. The new sails are a pleasure to work with and they produce more power.
We come into Bimini at around 1600, and tie up at Weechs marina. A quick clear in and we are street legal. We are officially on "island time".
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Headed north to meet up with "S/V Xanadu" at Boca Chita. Front came through and wind switched back to north at about 25. So we stopped here at Boggy after stopping by Plantation Key and fueling up.
| Fall 2006 |
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