We have crossed to Florida!!!! We didn’t expect it to happen so quickly but we had a weather window and we jumped on it. We left treasure cay Monday morning and to crab cay where we reunited with the “MoMo’s”
Tuesday we headed to Little Sail cay where we stayed for a night full of thunder and lighten storms mainly in the distance but what a show it was when you can see 20 miles in every direction.
Tuesday morning we sat tight and waited for the wind to change and once it was in our favor we pulled anchor at 3:15pm and headed west to the edge of the Bahamas Bank. We left the bank in the middle of the night where the water changes from 2 meters under our keel to 1000 meters in a matter of minutes. The seas were calm and the bioluminescence (light emitted by living organisms in the water) was AMAZING!!! Any waves our haul made were glowing with bright green streaks.
The gulf stream was sloshy and we got bounced in every direction until the wind picked up and the sails held us a little more stable.
The crossing on a whole went very well and spirits were high, we are very happy with the way things went. It took us 23 hours to get to Fort Pierce Florida where we will rest for a day and then start making our way up the USA coast.
We will miss the warm crystal clear waters of the Bahamas but the memories will make us smile for a life time.