Tuesday we had planned to leave for the US and duly got up early to head off. It was looking very squally with black clouds in the distance and we were in two minds whether to leave. I suppose impatience got the better of us and we decided to depart as we were all paid up and the boat was ready. We went out of the narrow Bell channel and into the route out over the shallower water and through the reef. As soon as we got out of the channel and began pounding into the swell (which is completely absent in the well protected GBYC), we started to think we’d been a bit hasty. We thought that if we carried on, to the deeper water it might improve but after about a mile it was still pretty rough and blowing considerably harder than forecast. As we had quite a long passage ahead (75 miles) including the notorious Gulf Stream we decided to wait for another day, so for the first time ever headed back to port.
Invincible in her berth (taken on a different day with better weather!)
We radioed in and they put us back to the same berth. We got back to the slip just as the heavens opened and finished our mooring up in the rain. As it turned out, we made the right choice, as the squalls didn’t stop all day and the wind coming with them was rather strong. It was a quiet day in with book/ internet listening to the rain hammering on the roof.
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