Sailing is being one with delays. I cannot believe I can wait for over 2 months
in a harbor to sail to the Bahamas when in my whole life, I never had more than 3
weeks to get there, have fun, and get back!
It has been a luxury to have the time to finish the projects, and yes,
they are all done! We got the last must
do project done Friday – we picked up and registered the new dinghy. Now we return the truck to Orlando and hop a
ride with friends, Gordy and Jeanne, and get back to Marathon.
We will be leaving by end of August with the next fair
weather window. Of course we are watching
Tropical Storm Danny which is forecast to be a hurricane by end of week. It is currently south of us and 1600 miles east of the Lesser Antilles headed west. That may affect our plans to drive north and leave the harbor.
We will leave Boot Key Harbor in Marathon and anchor
overnight at Matecumbe, sail to Angel Fish Pass where we will cross the Gulf
Stream to Bimini. There we will no
longer have phone communication and only occasional internet connections.
We did purchase a satellite communicator, DeLorme Inreach
SE, which will allow for 2-way communication anywhere in the world.
It has texting and emails. We can
send up to 160 character messages and it also sends our location, so you will
be able to see us on a map. The purchase
was a difficult decision because on one hand we hope to disconnect while in the
distant anchorages on deserted islands, but with current technology making it
possible to connect, why not? We can
always turn it off! It is good to have
options.
*Laura named this blog entry
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