We left Friday night the 26th at 8PM from the tampa Sailing Squadron heading the Nassau. There was a crowd of well wishers there to send us off in style. The master of ceremonies was Paul Slatter, who presented Elaine and I with a host of canned fish, and a very nice bottle of wine to wash it down with. Paul owes Elaine a Lobster dinner and once again, he was trying to see if he could weasel out of the deal. She is not letting him off the hook. Thanks to all of you, your friendships mean the world to us, and we will miss the Friday night gatherings on the back porch at TSS.
As we departed, it was cold the first night, lights winds, so we motored the entire night. The winds the next day were behind us and we got in some nice sailing. At one point, we poled out the jib, and sailed wing on wing at 8 knots for hours on end. This got us to the Keys, Channel Five, earlier than planned, so we anchored, put our extra fuel in, had a nice breakfast. We let the strong north winds die down a little before we set out across the Gulf stream.
There was a real strong, I mean, a coconut dropper heading our way and we wanted to get to Nassau harbor before it hit. We once again, motored most of the way to Nassau, arriving Monday night about 8PM. That means we made it from Tampa to Nassau in only three days. That's FAST, and ahead of schedule.
Elaine Flies in on Thursday the 4th, and we'll set out from Nassau for the Exumas.
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Glad you had a safe trip. Hope you got the head cleaned before Elaine came aboard. Will be keeping you in our thoughts for safe travels and looking forward to reading about your first "retirement sailing adventure". Wishing you good winds and smooth sailing. Love you guys, Charlsey
ReplyDeleteHeard through Matt that the trip went well. Glad to hear. Have a great time.
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