Today is another windy day, we decide on a long walk and head along the long beach past all the resorts. There are a few holiday makers on the beach making the most of their vacation despite the crashing surf and howling wind.
We spend the rest of the day pouring over the charts and pilot books trying to put a schedule together for the coming weeks as we have a bit more of a timetable ahead with visitors, visa appointments and hurricane season to think of. We know we need to be in Florida in July which is officially hurricane season but cruising can be possible if you watch the forecasts as hurricanes can be well predicted these days, with up to 4 days warning there is time to get out of the way, especially early season when they are far less frequent. We do have to have a rigorous plan in place though of where to run to from each place visited. As we haven’t actually planned where we are going in the Bahamas before hurricane season starts yet we have a lot to do.
In the evening, we pop over to see Mark and Mimi for a tour of the boat that they are operating, it is a luxurious 72ft monohull with all the gadgets and luxuries. We enjoy seeing how the other half live but are still happy with Invincible. We talk to Mark and Mimi a bit more about hurricane strategies, Mark has been a delivery skipper on the east coast of US for years and is a mine of information. We say our farewells early as it is Mark and Mimi’s first night off in sometime as the owners of the boat have been on board for an extended cruise.
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