Well, this is our last night in the Bahamas, there are lots
of other boats here (counted 18!) waiting to go as well. There are some going
to Ft Pierce like us but others are carrying on farther north into Florida and the
Carolinas.
Warning – technical stuff next…..There are 3 main routes
from here to hit the outer banks before the gulf stream, lots of different
ideas on which is best, stay in the stream longer so you must enter it further
south or get across on a shorter route, esp if the weather is not perfect. I
choose the middle route as the further south one added 10 NM more (but may be
able to make up for it when you hit the stream….). The stream flows at 2.5 to 3
NM northbound and the dimensions constantly change but for our distance and
speed (bit of a guess here too) we will be in it about 13 hours which should
push us 30 NM north of our course if you steered for your target! So instead of
steering 290 degrees we will steering about 260 or so when in the stream – will
see how this works out. Slack tide at Ft Pierce is at 10:30 so would like to
arrive around then, so will leave around 10:00 tomorrow morning.
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