We had another great sail yesterday from Great Harbour to Lucaya, Grand Bahama, averaging 7.7 knots over 62 nautical miles. Breeze On is now safely tucked into a slip at Grand Bahama Yacht Club, the first time she has been in a slip since November. This is our last stop in the Bahamas this winter. We will leave here to sail to somewhere in the US, but have been grappling with the decision of when to leave and how far to go. Because we have a long distance between here and home our preference is to go as far as possible when we have an opportunity. We have the right wind and seas to go as soon as this afternoon all the way to Beaufort, NC. However, one of our trusted forecast models is predicting thunderstorms off the coasts of the Carolinas Sunday evening through Tuesday. We would not only want to avoid the lightning of a thunderstorm but also the strong winds and high seas that could come with it. So, we will delay our departure. The downside is if we wait we will also lose the favorable winds for sailing and may not have enough fuel to motor as far as we would like. We will most likely obsessively monitor the engine hours and fuel level and go as far as we think is possible.
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