Weather Window?!!

Day 176, February 2nd, 2010

Big Quandry!! Weather not clear. No lay down day. Wind 15kn out of the south east, clocking to NW overnight. Chris Parker was advising boats to leave around 9:00a.m. John and I were concerned. That would not give us enough time to get into Nassau in daylight. If we stopped at the Biminis, we could get stuck there for an indetermined amount of time. With no lay down day we were afraid the gulf stream would be still high and our little motor would not have enough power to push through. We just felt so ambivalent about it that we decided it would not be wise for us to go. So off to Twice 's Nice for a cup of coffee and a chat. We had heard another boat in the anchorage "Sundance V" were definitely going. Sue and Paul were disappointed to hear our decision but kindly understood. We suggested that if they wanted to go they should get on the radio and call Sundance. Their engine is twice the size of ours and they would be able to keep up. We said goodbye so they could talk about it together and make up their minds.

By the time we dinghied over to Pea Soup, they had decided to go, had called Sundance and had got their anchor up and were on their way. We were so glad they made that choice. We had a cup of coffee on Pea Soup and decided that we would travel together down the Keys. Sharon was able to speak to Sundance on the VHF and we heard that Twice 's Nice were on their way.

In the afternoon, John and I decided to walk down to South Beach for the last time. We looked out on the ocean and guess what - the water looked so benign. The quietest we had seen it since arriving in Miami!!! We were sick - had we made the right decision? We didn't know but, oh well, we were still going to have fun and see stuff we'd never seen before!