Bahamas Bound

Where to start??? We realize we have neglected to keep you informed/ entertained with our happenings. WE are currently still on a mooring ball in Dinner Key, Miami. We have had a great week(almost 2 weeks) here waiting on a weather window to make the jump to the Bahamas. I hope to recap all the flurry of activities we’ve done and the things we accomplished while here. They are many.

But the weather window has arrived and we are slipping the lines and heading East. There are quite a few of us heading out this morning. Our buddy boats Las Sirenas(Scott, Esme, Hailey, Alana and Reina Dog), Southern Bella(Paul, Ela and Gus the GoldenDoodle) and some new folks we met on Sabbaticus(Kevin, Dena and Connor). We know of at least 4 other boats making the jump and we are sure there may be at least a dozen boats underway tomorrow.
The excitement/ anxiety is overwhelming. And yes, a little fear and trepidation. This isn’t our longest offshore passage, but crossing the Gulf Stream seems to have significant meaning.
So this post will be quite short. It is actually 3am(I haven’t slept much tonight) and we are pulling out at 4am. I am hoping to get a internet connection to get this posted.

We think we have called everyone who will worry about us. Our cell phones will not work once we are offshore and are prohibitively expensive to use in the Bahamas(2.29 per minute) so we are having them suspended. But we have a Majic Jack phone number that you can call if you want to get in touch with us. It will go to voicemail, and your voice message will then be emailed to us. When we get an internet connection(in a harbor or by going in to an internet café), we will get your message and be able to call you back using the internet connection and this cool little phone over internet device. The number is on our boat card that we have given everyone, so feel free to call us on the 864 number and leave us a message. It may be a few days or even a week before we got online, so be patient and don’t worry.

Thanks for keeping up with us, and we promise to be more consistent with our postings.
Brandon, Carryn and Bella