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Saturday, May 20th - en route to Bermuda
When we went to bed last night, we knew that taking off
for Bermuda today was a possibility, even though there
was still no wind. Joe was on the computer last
night and again this morning, looking once again at the
weather charts for the next 6 days, trying to put it all
together into a decisive plan for ZIA. The
problem, of course, is our deadline. We have
tickets to fly out of Bermuda on June 1st. If we
sit around the Bahamas, waiting for the wind to fill in,
there are a couple of problems that might crop up.
First of all, the weather forecasts only go out as far
as six days, and they all consistently showed light
winds. Even if we did wait for three or four more
days, it doesn't look like we'd have that much more
wind. Then, of course, we can't be sure of what is
coming after those six days of forecasts. It is
entirely possible for something nasty to put itself
between us and our destination and if we wait too long
we'd be pushing up very close to our deadline. So,
better the devil you know than the devil you don't.
We
departed at 10:30am.
Upon further analysis of the wind charts, it looks like
the breeze, when it does fill in, will do so well north
of us. By adding 60 or 70 miles to our trip,
heading 30 degrees north of the rhumb line (the shortest
route between the point A and point B) for 24 hours or
so, we might find more wind sooner. So, we are
taking a little gamble and hoping it pays off in sailing
time. For now it is painful with 3 knots of wind
and a knot of current against us. We shall see.
Time: 5pm EDT
Position: N27 13.272 - W076 53.625
Wind: 070 magnetic @ 3 knots
Seas: 2ft E swell
Speed over ground (SOG): 5.6 knots
Course over ground: 23 degrees magnetic
Barometer: 1014.3 rising
Fish: nothing so far
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We
passed the day with school, books and food. Huevos
Rancheros for lunch and pasta on tap for dinner (unless
we catch a fish in the next hour!) Hopefully our
satellite signal holds up and I can keep this updated.
Otherwise, we'll use our sailmail account via SSB to
send out position reports to a couple of folks to keep
track of us. We will let you all know as soon as
we arrive in Bermuda.
Love,
Christy, Joe, Cassie and Juliana
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Many thanks to our
friend Craig Homenko for his assistance in setting up
the website.
We also would like
to thank our buddy Scott Brunner who has been kind
enough to host the website on his server.
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