Have you ever taken the time to watch paint dry? That is was what our first night crossing felt like. You have a black horizon where the water touches the night sky and you are not able to tell the difference. You are sailing into an inky blackness. The clouds cleared up and the heavens were filled with stars. This was pretty amazing but even it got old after looking at them for 10 straight hours.
Just for excitement the auto pilot decides not to work. This will be a very long night without having autopilot. We will have to actually steer the boat. The constant beeping that is warning us gets very annoying. Greg runs down to turn it off. Mary is at the helm getting her upper body workout. After an hour I give Mary a break. We turn the autopilot back on and it works. Greg was feeling bad about not getting his workout in. His remorse lasted about 10 seconds as we settled in to a long slow boring night.
Then the sun rose and all was good as we could see the seven mile bridge. Marathon was close at hand. We arrived in Marathon and found ourselves a mooring ball. We are now waiting for a weather window. It looks like the wind may lighten and start blowing in a favorable direction on Sunday. If that is correct we will cross the gulf stream on Monday or Tuesday and enter the Bahamas.
The week has been cloudy, windy, rainy and somewhat cold. A fellow cruiser complained that he would have to wear socks. We have spent the week getting some more projects completed . We hope to have someone come out and fix the autopilot. The poor weather has been postponing that also. So we just sit and wait. It is a great time to catch up on our reading.