Day 98 (5/13) – Lake Worth
It drizzled thru the night, but none of the predicted high winds materialized. However, rain and more rain was promised. Sitting in the cockpit with coffee, the uniformly gray sky appeared to lighten, giving us hope, but then a sudden sizzling sound was heard forward, growing in intensity and proximity with every second. Paula jumped […]
Day 97 (5/12) – Lake Worth
It was a good night’s sleep in a calm anchorage. We woke to lowering skies, increasing but refreshing winds, but an ominous radar picture and forecast. While we had coffee, Paula baked a double batch of brownies as we were out of treats and these might have to last us for a while. Since high […]
Day 96 – Lake Worth & Recap of crossing
(5/9 – day of departure) After a good night’s sleep in West Bay, we awoke Wednesday morning refreshed and anxious to start our journey home. We planned to travel straight through the day and night and all day Thursday taking two hour shifts for the 31 hour trip. Despite our eagerness, we delayed our departure till […]
Day 95 (5/10) – Lake Worth
We made it safely to Lake Worth today! We got in late in the day and are tired, so this is just a short post to let you know we’re back in the US. The trip back here was a straight shot from West Bay on the western side of Nassau. It was 202 miles […]
Day 94 (5/9) – Underway
This is just a reminder that you probably won’t see a regular post tonight because we won’t be anywhere near cell or wifi coverage. You can always track our position on the map at the bottom of our homepage. Tom and Paula
Day 93 (5/8) – West Bay
This morning the weather forecasts had altered such that it looked to be best if we began our trip home today, as Thursday now looks slightly better than Friday for crossing the Gulf Stream. Also, this gives us one day of “cushion” if we need to stop for some reason. Accordingly, we said farewell to […]
Day 92 – (5/7) – Palm Cay
Today’s blog entry will be a short one. It was a stormy night last night, and we were rocking around pretty good at 2AM when a strong squall blew through the marina. The power went out and it rained hard, but the storm eventually passed and by 4AM the power was back on we were […]
Day 91 (5/6) – Palm Cay
Squalls continued to lash Nassau periodically last night. The wind shifted to the SE, bringing lots of swell and rain into the marina, making for mild sway all night with lots of odd noises to investigate. In the morning, there was time for Paula to wander the marina a bit before Tommy came above deck […]
Day 90 (5/5) – Palm Cay
Today the wind abated slightly, but we still had rain and generally very overcast conditions (featured picture). That being said, today was better weather day than the last several. We are still expected to have a series of squalls pass through the area tonight, tomorrow and most of Monday. The squall activity is supposed to […]
Day 89 (5/4) – Palm Cay
We used this poor weather day to prepare for our hoped-for departure in a few days. One more trip to Solomon’s Yamacraw grocery, where we now know all the cashiers and security guards. One twist with this particular trip however was that this time Paula drove the marina courtesy car and Tommy was the passenger. […]