ta da we set sail!

Ta Da we set sail! It was very exciting, just like Christmas morning. Oh boy, oh boy!

Sooo  let me back up… last night we were on the ICW and about 4:30 Ben said, “Lets anchor here.” I said sure.  There were really no anchorages until way later near dusk… there was a bridge that closed at 6pm so we would have to get thru it, if we missed we’d have to come all the way back to this spot.  So we stayed. Excellent choice.  The wind blew about 30 knots! We held tight and the anchor watch was on.  I woke up 2 times to check the alarm.  Normally I kick Ben out of bed (happy wife is happy life) but both times I was in a hot-flash and going outside seemed to be a happy thing.

In the morning we poured over charts, again to find out that Ben’s decision must have been Divinely inspired cuz one of those bridges we would have passed in the dusk was only 54 feet high and our mast is 60 feet… that would have been disasterous if we did not catch that in time.  So today we had to go on the outside.

A perfect … well almost perfect day to go outside in the atlantic.  We had light winds and at 3pm we made the decision to turn on the engine and tuck ourselves securely behind an island just off of Miami.

While sailing Dad tried to fish but no luck this time.  He is full of fish stories and other stories. Come to think of it, he is rarely without a story or joke.

So here we sit in a slight chill ( 62 degrees ) enough to need pants.  It is cold in the wind. Ha ha ha I hear it is 15 below again.  Sorry folks!

Thanks for all the prayers cuz the wind is now favorable to make the crossing to the Bahamas tomorrow night.  We should be in bimini at Thursday morning light.