We departed the Cape Canaveral area for an overnight run down to Palm Beach where we waited on weather for our next leg to Miami. The Palm Beach area was a little disappointing because you get off your boat/dinghy right at US #1 so a very busy highway, and an area where one needs a car to get much of anything done. We did find a Turtle sanctuary where they were taking injured sea turtles and bringing them back to health. They had several turtles undergoing treatment including a large loggerhead. They also had several hatchlings waiting for release. We got our weather window Thursday and continued offshore overnight to Miami. We are staying in Coconut Grove and will see friends over the weekend. We are finishing our last bit of provisioning and boat projects with all eyes on the Bahamas. The weather looks good for a crossing Tuesday or so next week, we are very excited.
So a rather mundane week. The sailing though has been very good. We have had NW winds with 2-5 foot seas. We have been going south to southeast so had everything on the stern. With 8-14 knots of wind we have been able to make anywhere between 6 knots and 8 knots, by keeping the wind closer to the beam and jibing a couple of times. The crew has felt good, and by concentrating our passages in the overnight ours the kids sleep allowing mom and dad a more relaxed sailing. A very interesting contrast to three days of motoring in the ICW last week. We can sense our level of experience and confidence building the more we get out there.
Hope to be writing from the Bahamas next week!
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