It almost doesn't get better than this.
Sailing down the Tongue of the Ocean on a quiet, brilliantly starry
night at 5kts in light seas, listening to Keith Jarret's lovely and
emotional Koln Concert, the sky-glow of Nassau off to port. We shot
across the Gulf Stream today starting in unpleasant conditions of
winds 15-20 directly out of the north east that were working the
'Stream into one of it's well-known wind-against-current churn-fests.
But we got through a rain bank and found the wind abating and the
sun out. We crossed onto the banks north of Bimini after a 6 hour
run from Key Biscayne settled in for the long stretch over the banks.
It was wonderful to be back in clear turquoise water again! Dinner
as the sun set behind distant Bimini. We cleared the Northwest
Channel light at midnight and set off down the Tongue of the Ocean
under full sail. And so here I am, on watch at 04:00 on this lovely
night.
We are headed for the Exuma chain where
Jennifer's brother Cedric and sister in law Gisela are due in to
spend a week with us. So we have a deadline to get there but the
weather seems to be cooperating and we are scooting right along.
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