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Sunday (I know it’s Sunday because we have to be in phone range on Monday so Linda can talk to Erin, they have an appointment) If all goes well SYL will be in Nassau this evening by 6:45. Currently we are motoring directly into the prevailing SE wind, thankfully it’s 10 knots or less so it’s […]

Tonight (Saturday Night) we will probably anchor at about 10PM in the open water. Tomorrow is supposed to be a mirror image of today so we should sleep comfotably. The GPS shows a 2:30AM arrival at the NW channel light (the other side of the banks) From there it’s another 15 miles to Chubbs marina, […]

  OMG… we opted to not stay in Bimini tonight, but to cross the Great Bahama Banks right away.. what a great decision. We have found nearly perfect weather to enjoy the banks to their maximum, what a gift. Almost no wind, flat water… I went up on the bow and counted 10 starfish on […]

Rusty returned the rental car and we left Giberts around 5:30pm…right on schedule.  We had been looking at Passageweather for several days and decided that we would leave Gilberts and make our way to Angelfish Creek and do a night crossing.  Rusty has always preferred night crossing especially when crossing to Bimini.  We knew it […]

  When we left Islamorada this morning the plan was to go to the Abacos.  I even posted on Women Who Sail asking for information.  The response was overwhelming.  I got so excited about the wealth of information that I was getting.  I started looking in the guide books and planning our itinerary.  We have friends who live […]

I feel like I’m getting back to my old self.,….. more relaxed, building my core strength by “working on the boat”… the sun is filling my eyes and tanning my legs again.  It’s in the mid 70’s here so shorts and tee shirts are the suit of choice.  No more go to work in the […]

I have been trying to get the boat in order since we boarded her on Friday.  I am very frustrated at the moment and a large part of my frustration is just situational.  As I have said before trying to provision and clean is difficult.  However, I keep finding little “surprises”.  This morning when I started […]

We are approaching Islamorada, Fla.  Yesterday was a great sail to Little Shark River.  We got our anchor down around 5:30pm.  We met a lovely couple from Niceville, Florida that had been gone since November and were on their way home.  They told us that they had gotten an ipad and bought a sim card […]

The last couple of days have been a bit trying.  Cleaning and provisioning at the same time is the pits.  Yesterday morning Rusty went to the grocery to get our produce while I continued to put things away.  Finally Saturday night you could see that the salon did indeed have a floor.  Yesterday we decided […]

We are finally on SYL in Ft Myers, Florida though it was like walking through wet cement to get here.  We left the lake with hugs and waves and high expectations of being on SYL at long last in about 48 hours.  We were well on our way, making good time and as we approached […]