Crossing the Gulf Stream
By Mike Jastrzebski
The sun is setting on our trip to the Bahamas this year. Between the time we spent anchored in Ft. Lauderdale and time spent here in the Bahamas we have been living on the hook for four months plus a few days. We have spent no time in a marina during those four months.
I am writing this while anchored out at Green Turtle Cay, and when we leave here we will no longer have internet coverage until we get back to the States. Which is why I am writing this on Wednesday June 5th. Tomorrow the 6th we leave for Crab Cay where we will drop the hook and wait out a bit of bad weather before heading on to Great Sale Cay and then from there straight across the Gulf Stream to Cape Canaveral.
Last year it took us just over 24 hours to get from Great Sale to Canaveral, motor sailing most of the way. This year we are having engine problems and expect to sail most of the way back home, so it could take us a little longer this time around.
At any rate, if all goes well we will be crossing the Gulf Stream when this blog goes live.
