We left home this morning to begin our third trip to the Bahamas. We were all set to go yesterday morning but decided it was way too windy. We would have had a miserable day of sailing and didn’t want to start our trip that way. Our friends, Dawn and Ray, were at the dock to see us off. It was a cool, crisp, sunny fall day with light winds. Just delightful. We had most of the enclosure panels up to keep us nice and warm in the cockpit. Since the winds were light we motored or motor sailed the entire 40 miles to Solomons. We didn’t mind because we wanted to make sure the propeller and engine were working well after the recent mishap. Everything seemed to be running smoothly, in fact George thought it was running more smoothly than before the mishap. 
We had plenty of company out on the bay. A lot of sailboats were taking advantage of the mild conditions and heading south. Several of them pulled into Solomons ahead and behind us. Fortunately there are plenty of creeks in Solomons with lots of options for dropping an anchor. On the way in we had to navigate around a sailboat race. Since we are former racers we try very hard to stay out of the way. Because of that we decided to go through a narrow, shallow shortcut that we have seen other people use. It was actually no problem at all. We motored another 30 minutes up Mill Creek to a pretty, peaceful anchorage we have visited before.
If the forecast is correct the wind will pick up overnight and stay brisk through the first part of the morning. We plan to get up early, check the weather and make the decision to press on or wait here another few days.
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