Heading south tomorrow 12/14??

We had originally planned a Wednesday evening departure but due to a change in the wind forecast we now plan to set out tomorrow, Saturday, December 14. That is of course unless the wind forecast changes yet again. Since Wednesday we've had quit a bit of rain mostly yesterday and last night. Today was nice but it's raining again now..6:30 pm Friday. I would assume we've gotten several inches of rain.

We want fairly light winds when we cross the Gulf-stream the flows west to east an average 3.5 knots. Winds against a current create much rougher, steeper seas. It's going to take us a while to get to Mexico and we wanted a window of lighter winds. That seems hard to come by this time of year. It might be quite a few days until we have Internet again. I'll be posting this tomorrow morning. The daily showers and Internet have been nice but I'm anxious to see what's next.

This just in!!

Ha.. After checking the latest weather we won't be departing today after all. It looks like we might be waiting another 10 days and may even end up sailing to up Miami and crossing the Gulfstream it's narrower to the Bahamas. Then work down around the east end of Cuba and hit the Dominican Republic...I suppose Jamaica and right for Belize or Guatemala? I'm glad the boats owner is cautious. It's his boat.. It's an OK place to hang out.