On Fri, 7 Jun 2013 10:11:21 -0400, iBoaterer wrote:

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On Thu, 6 Jun 2013 13:49:35 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:



"Wayne B" wrote in message
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Been following your progress on the "Wayne Spot". Looks like you
are well away from any effects of "Andrea".
Getting to be a dicey area down there this time of year.


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We altered our return route to keep us out of harms way. Right now
we're in the mid-Exumas (eastern Bahamas), getting some rain but the
wind is manageable. Storm is already going up the coast at this point
but some of the outer bands are still swirling around here.

I had originally planned to go up Old Bahamas Channel, off the Cuban
coast, directly to the Keys. Unfortunately that would have taken us
directly towards the storm and with no place to hide. Discretion
being the better part of valor, we opted for the more conventional
route.

Do you plan your trips so that every night you'll be in safe harbor?

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Ideally yes but it is not always possible. We end up making all
night runs once in a while and have even made a few 2 1/2 day runs but
always with a good reason. You have some situations where you can't
cover the needed distance between ports during the number of daylight
hours available. Rather than arrive at an unfamiliar port in the
dark, the sensible thing to do is leave in the afternoon, run all
night offshore, and arrive after sunrise next day. There have been
other situations where we had a lot of distance to cover with
problematic weather conditions. When a good weather window does open
up it pays to run with it for a few days. My wife and I are not
getting younger however and multi-day runs do take a lot of stamina.