Planning this trip from the Bahamas to the US has seemed especially challenging. Of course it is entirely possible we have forgotten how much we agonized over the timing of other trips. We delayed our departure until today in order to avoid squalls in the Gulf Stream. Even so the forecasts suggested that we still may encounter occasional squalls here and there. George spent the past few days running weather routing models for numerous times of day. What if we left at noon instead of 9AM? How about 1PM? 6AM? 5AM? 4AM? 3AM? Abandon leaving today altogether? In the end we chose leaving the marina at 2:30AM and so far, so good. We expected to pass close to squalls off coast of Fort Pierce, FL and that is exactly what happened. Delaying our departure until today meant we have had very little wind do we may be motoring all the way. We expect to arrive in Georgetown, SC but may change those plans, depending on the weather.
Passing Freeport, Grand Bahama.
Passing a squall earlier this afternoon.
Passing Freeport, Grand Bahama. Passing a squall earlier this afternoon.
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