We have been expecting a front to come thru, it just did. We are still comfortably anchored in Bimini to wait out the weather event. It just began raining so SYL is getting a free bath….
Tomorrow we will check weather but conditions should be favorable to make a run to the Exumas. It will be a long leg if we go all the way across the banks and down to Allen’s Cay. Travelling South behind a weak cold front is a great option. The weather clears, you get low humidity and sunny days with favorable winds for several days in a row. This front is not only cleaning our boat, its setting us up for a nice run to our destination.
We got a bonus really, this front wasn’t due until tomorrow. It’s great that it will come and go a day early so we can too! We are filled with gas so all services on the boat are ready, We motored quite a bit on the crossing but only burned 8 gallons.
Not much else to report today.. we will nap and be lazy while it rains. Jono put Rain X on the front windows and this morning you can certainly tell they are cleaner. Water sheets on the unprotected windows but beads off the front.
I may play with my radar and watch the rain clouds go by….. All is good here, Sea Yawl Later !!
7:30PM The rain has passed, it’s only partly cloudy now… winds would have been good to travel on today.. but it wasn’t a given with all the clouds. There could have been embedded gusts and squalls, but it didn’t happen in Bimini. We played it safe and stayed one more day… that’s usually the best idea. In the morning we are good to go…… our goal is to get out of here at 7AM, drive 60 miles and park on the banks overnight…. then make another 60 miles to Nassau Tuesday where we will pick up fuel and head South for Allen’s Cay. At that point we will be in the Exumas and make short hops down toward Georgetown as weather allows.
Tonight we will leave Bimini resort wifi… our journey leads us to more and more remote locations so I’m not sure when we will post again. It may be several days before we pick up the world wide web again. Follow us on Spot….. we hope you have as much fun watching as we do sailing….
Sea Yawl Later !! Rusty