Back in USA - FLA!

Well our Bahama days are behind us - for now!  We spent a week hanging out in Green Turtle in Black Sound near New Plymouth waiting for the weather to get nice on the Atlantic.  As in all things, timing is everything and I really wanted at least one crossing to be smooth.  After waiting for 5 days, it looked like we would have at least a short window of OK weather.  OK is loosely defined in this case as 2-4 foot waves.  Since the rest of the week after that looked worse we dropped lines and made a 13 hour run to West End with the intention to leave the following morning.

On the Morning of June 2nd the forecast window of OK seemed to close and there was another week of 3-5 foot waves.  Screw it, we can do it!  I know Revi was up for the challenge and if we could keep our cool I was sure we could make an 8 hour run.  Sue was game, so off we went.

The day started well, 3 foot swells from the SE and one foot waves from the NE.  Four hours in we had 3-5 foot swells from the SE and 2 foot waves from the NE.  By the time we got to USA waters, the swells were piling up the waves and the 5 second interval meant that they would push us around at the stern giving our Autopilot fits, so I started to steer Revi by hand for the last 2 hours.  The trick was to steer down  the 6-8 footers and not slew out the back end or drop the nose in the back end of the wave as it went under us.  It sounds worse than it was, but it was not exactly a day in the park either.

When I was punching in the last hour I had my hands full so I was not taking any video, and since Sue was kinda holding on with both hands you are going to have to miss out on the action at the back end.  Oh well, no big deal, but I will say that we were both very pleased to see the Lake Worth harbour that afternoon.

Now we are off to Stuart to store the boat and arrange travel back home.  Our major travels are behind us for the time being - but we still have a month to enjoy before the end of our adventure.

More to come!

Video to be posted shortly.