Today was spent preparing for tomorrow’s departure.
After listening to several weather reports and plotting the course, we expect
to leave late tomorrow morning for Nassau. It is about a 26 hour trip and will
be an exciting ocean passage for us. We’re traveling with Contented Turtle, another
Island Packet with Noah’s friend David aboard. The goal is to cross the Gulf
Stream in low wave conditions and head onto the Great Bahama Banks early
tomorrow evening. We will cross the banks at night as it isn’t expected to be
calm enough to anchor their tomorrow. By dawn we should be approaching the
“Tongue of the Ocean” and be able to see to navigate the area where the water
drops of from the shallow banks to several thousand feet deep. From their it is
50 miles to Nassau where we will tie up at a marina and check-in with customs
and immigration and probably promptly fall asleep. We heard from several boats
that left today, that the seas were really lumpy, so we are hoping that another
24 hours will let them lay down to the predicted 2-3 foot level.
After listening to several weather reports and plotting the course, we expect
to leave late tomorrow morning for Nassau. It is about a 26 hour trip and will
be an exciting ocean passage for us. We’re traveling with Contented Turtle, another
Island Packet with Noah’s friend David aboard. The goal is to cross the Gulf
Stream in low wave conditions and head onto the Great Bahama Banks early
tomorrow evening. We will cross the banks at night as it isn’t expected to be
calm enough to anchor their tomorrow. By dawn we should be approaching the
“Tongue of the Ocean” and be able to see to navigate the area where the water
drops of from the shallow banks to several thousand feet deep. From their it is
50 miles to Nassau where we will tie up at a marina and check-in with customs
and immigration and probably promptly fall asleep. We heard from several boats
that left today, that the seas were really lumpy, so we are hoping that another
24 hours will let them lay down to the predicted 2-3 foot level.
Today’s picture is of “Freedom of the Seas,” the
largest and newest cruise ship in the Royal Caribbean fleet. That is NOT the
way we will be cruising to the Bahamas, but an example of what we will be
trying to avoid in the ocean.
largest and newest cruise ship in the Royal Caribbean fleet. That is NOT the
way we will be cruising to the Bahamas, but an example of what we will be
trying to avoid in the ocean.
We hope to put out position reports via the radio as
we go along, but don’t worry if you don’t see anything under the “Find Us” link
as we may be busy. We will have a thermos of coffee brewed and a bag of
fireballs, so we are as ready as we are going to be.
we go along, but don’t worry if you don’t see anything under the “Find Us” link
as we may be busy. We will have a thermos of coffee brewed and a bag of
fireballs, so we are as ready as we are going to be.
Wi-fi access in the Bahamas is limited, so don’t be
surprised if the blog doesn’t get updated as often as in the past.
surprised if the blog doesn’t get updated as often as in the past.