Confirmation of "The Crossing"

Friday, January 9th: Fort Lauderdale

After the navigators' meeting; group happy hour: crew of the 3 boats are set for tomorrow.

We have confirmed that the best time to make our crossing to the Bahamas will be Saturday night. We'll be leaving at midnight and will arrive at about 12 noon on Sunday.

I signed up for a personal phone consultation with the local weather guru - Chris Parker - who is a trusted adviser on Caribbean weather conditions and best times to make passages. Bob called twice this morning - the second call was for clarification - so now we are very clear about what to expect. Chris Parker's confirmation of weather information gathered elsewhere makes me feel much more secure that we won't be caught unaware in confused seas.

I'll post our arrival on the blog as soon as I get Internet access but a more immediate notification should be available from the Sea Change Locations Map that I have added on the side bar at the right of the blog page. Locations on the map are sent via our SPOT GPS device. We press an OK button each time we reach a new location and our coordinates are added to the map automatically.

We'll all a little nuts today - everyone is scurrying about and our boats are all topsey turvey while wash is done, beds are changed and lockers are organized. We have a lists of large and small tasks. There will be a meeting this afternoon among representatives of each of the 3 boats and a happy hour to follow on Somewhere In Time.

We really are going and I say again - I can scarcely believe it!