We generally live pretty messy on our boat. You can’t take a boat out to sea on a messy boat. Things fly around if they aren’t put away properly. We talked to someone yesterday who told us they took their boat out to sea and the waves were so bad that he still hasn’t found all the stuff that got moved around. We spent a lot of today making sure that isn’t going to happen. We aren’t supposed to have bad waves, but you never know. The boat looks pretty good now, except for maybe that the dinghy is all rolled up and laying on my berth. You shouldn’t tow your dinghy, or leave it in the davits as you cross an ocean. Most people tie it upside down on their foredeck. We are a cutter rig, which means we have two forward sails, so there is no room for the dinghy up there. That is why we had to buy a fully inflatable dinghy, not the best choice for the Bahamas, but all our boat can handle.

No Name Harbor was a nice anchorage. There isn’t a lot of room to anchor here and we’ve been worried a little bit about leaving after dark, but we think it will be OK. The picture is the sunset tonight. Tomorrow’s will be in the Bahamas we hope.

We are leaving at 10pm tonight and should be in the Bahamas by mid-morning tomorrow. Bill and I will start out sailing together and then follow a watch schedule for the rest of the night, three hours on and three hours off, then when we get close to being there finish up together. We are kind of nervous, but are hoping for a nice calm night.

Hopefully we can continue to update the blog easily enough in the Bahamas but we aren’t sure about pictures yet. We’ll have to see how it goes.