"Flying Pig" wrote in message
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Hi, folks,

As the spot page showed, we basically flew. Major seas made for lots of
motion, but not much bashing. Averaged right at 8 knots, helped immensely
by the clean bottom.

Passage reports after we get settled in. Nice to be back in internet
land - a boat just pulled in next to us after coming from St. Martin,
taking much the same route as we'd planned, but he got out later and his
wind died at the end.

Aside from the leg into Ft. Pierce, and a weird anomaly on Saturday
noonish, where the wind totally died and we got some light rain, we rarely
saw less than 20 knots. Single reef main, and genoa between full and
about 70% all the way, starboard tack until we turned in to Ft. Pierce.

Having the skyline disappear for seconds at a time was interesting from my
6'-above-water perch, and, with all the rock and roll in the early parts,
an extensive running of the fuel polisher pretty much guaranteed that we'd
have fresh fuel when we finally turned on the engine 2/3 of the way into
the channel. About 40 minutes of engine from anchor-hooked to
anchor-hooked. Nice trip, about 480 miles in 60 hours...

Anchored RIGHT out front of the USCG, we'll figure out where and how to
check in soon...

snippage

Can't really figure out the reason for that 90 degree sharp turn. Duh!
Somebody tell Skippy that he'll arrive more quickly if he angles over to the
inlet. Pretty dumb traveling two legs of a triangle when one leg will do the
job faster and better.


Wilbur Hubbard