Captain’s Log – Thu 5/8/25
Yesterday was a long day, so we decided to delay the departure from 6:00am to 7:00am so we could get some more rest. Unfortunately it was a pretty rolly night. It would be fine for a half hour or so then there was a monster roller that would wake us up. I assume it was ship wakes but who knows.
With the Bahamas flag down, we raised the anchor at 7:15 and reluctantly headed toward Florida. The crossing was about 60nm. On a suggestion from my friend Jeff from Two Can Sail, we sailed an “S” shaped course so we could go with the flow of the Gulf Stream as much as possible. I used the vectors on the chart plotter to approximate the apex’s of the “S”. If we had simply calculated the drift and required course angle we would have been heading SW against the current the entire way. This way we sailed SW while the current was negligible then turned due West, drifting NW until we exited the Gulf Stream slightly North of our destination, turning SW again for the last few miles. Overall we averaged about 6kts in pretty light wind and we hit our destination so we’ll call it a good plan.
We sailed for about 3 hours early then motor sailed for most of the remaining passage. A sea breeze going once we reached the FL coast allowing us to finish under sail. Since we had to run the engine more than usual, we were generating extra power so we charged our dive batteries and made a tank of water.
We had hoped to spend the night on a reef but it was a bit rolly so we headed back inside. We wanted a calm spot since we didn’t sleep very well last night. I checked us in with customs via the CBP Roam app. Easy Peasy.
Tomorrow we plan to sleep in then go diving.
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