"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:58:39 -0500, "Flying Pig"
wrote:

Skip, still in Marsh Harbour awaiting the right weather window, which
looks
to be Tuesday, having migrated from Sunday and Monday, successively...

Skip, you need to find your way farther south. We were in George Town
two weeks ago, Turks and Caicos one week ago with your friends Jeff
and Kami on Seahawk, south coast of Puerto Rico this week, and St
Croix tonight. The weather has been unbelievably good once south of
T&C.

We're heading for St Martin on Monday, and then more down island later
in the week. Our goal is to be in Grenada in a couple of weeks and
then slowly work our way back north.

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Hi, Wayne, and all, retitling this as the thread wanders...

Well, the time approacheth, it appeareth, as the weather window looks
favorable for this week.

We'd originally thought to do Fleeming and Ship's channels, but are now
looking at going around Eleuthera, the better to not have to deal with
daylight issues with the channels (timing is everything!) and, by my
calculation, anyway, making for a shorter trip in the end. Current weather
has both routes very similar in winds and waves, so, aside from no place to
hide, it's a bit of a coin toss, but without having to pick our way, I
expect the trip would be quite a bit faster outside.

Our current thinking is to stop for a while in GT, then work our way south,
perhaps to the T&Cs, even, before working our way back north again as the
weather warms, thence to head south again as it cools. Because we don't
expect to be back this way in the boat before we get off it, we really don't
want to just hurry for the sake of getting to the EC, and, so, may take
another year or more after the Bahamas to get to the Virgins (well, US and
British - we'll visit the PR ones as well) and then south.

Our thought has always been to work our way along the TP (not toilet paper -
Thorny Path) during the fall and winter to avoid the headwinds, taking
advantage of the frequent northers. Wayne, your comments seem to confirm
our thoughts. Since you're posting, I presume you have internet. I know
you've got a system similar in capability to ours; what's been your
experience with open sites along the way down?

L8R, y'all

Skip and crew
PS workng on a log for our time since we got here; stand by :{))

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On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:08:07 -0500, "Flying Pig"
wrote:

Our thought has always been to work our way along the TP (not toilet paper -
Thorny Path) during the fall and winter to avoid the headwinds, taking
advantage of the frequent northers. Wayne, your comments seem to confirm
our thoughts. Since you're posting, I presume you have internet. I know
you've got a system similar in capability to ours; what's been your
experience with open sites along the way down?

Our WiFi system is working just fine but frankly we've been a bit
disapointed in the number and quality of open sites. It seems that
more and more people are encrypting their access points these days,
and some harbors like Nassau are inundated with high powered
commercial sites trying to draw in business, and swamping everything
else in the process. Right now we are at a marina in Marigot Bay, St
Martin which charges 7 Euros/day but it is the only thing available.

We had a great stay in Turks and Caicos, nice weather and nice people.
Their is a good place to stay known as the "annex". Call Simon at
South Side Marina on channel 16 for details. He runs a cruiser net
every morning at 8:30 and is very helpful. You can clear customs and
immigration at South Side Marina with no hassel at all.

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