Plan B

We left Grand Bahama Yacht Club yesterday morning about 30 minutes before sunrise. 

One boat left ahead of us and several other boats were behind us, although we were the only boat traveling N. We motored and motor sailed for the first 27 hours of the trip then—when the wind filled in—turned the engine off to sail in the Gulf Stream, usually moving at 10 knots.  After hearing Chris Parker’s forecast for the Charleston area covering today and tomorrow, we decided to go to Brunswick, GA instead of Charleston. Neither one of us was in the mood winds up to 30 knots and seven foot seas. 

The highlight of our trip was watching a pod of dolphins interact with us for quite a while today. The seas were too rough to go on deck to take photos so we weren’t able to catch most of their jumps. We were both delighted to see a group of three jump just ahead of our bow. 

We expect to enter the channel at Brunswick around 11 pm this evening, then stop at an anchorage a few hours later. Tomorrow we will go to Brunswick Landing Marina where we may have to wait for quite a while for the next weather window.