Thursday, February 4, 2010

We made it!

We are now in the Bahamas! We left Miami on Tuesday morning and were passing Bimini by 5 p.m. There was a mass exodus from Miami that day as the 'weather window' was very narrow. We crossed with Delta G. and decided to carry on as long as we could before anchoring on the Bahama Banks overnight. The crossing of the Gulf Stream was very peaceful...for which we were very grateful! We carried on until around 11 p.m. and anchored about a mile south of the main boating channel. We slept well and, after a leisurely breakfast, left at around 8 a.m. headed for Chubb Cay. Despite a short, sharp squall (not in the weather forecast) and 25 knots winds we made it to Chubb Cay marina by 2 p.m. Now we are waiting to do our customs and immigration check in to make us legal. The sun is shining and the sea is blue. More anon.

1 comment:

Eileen Woolsey said...

Congratulations, Mary and Bill ! Happy to hear the crossing went so well. Enjoy the Bahamas. We will delight in reading about all your adventures, old and new.

Eileen and John