Flying Pig Float Plan We'll be leaving for the Bahamas in less than an hour, bucking the tide on the way out Miami's Government Cut, but taking advantage of the lack of cruise ships allowing us direct access to the ocean.
Once out of the breakwaters, we'll head generally southeast, riding the Gulf Stream to somewhere on the Bahama Banks. We estimate arrival early morning and will cross into the banks at whatever convenient location the stream and our progress has taken us - likely north of Bimini, or Hen and Chickens area, but perhaps as south as Gun Cay.. >From there we'll proceed on Explorer Charts' rhumblines over the Mackie Bank or Shoal to the Northwest Channel Light entering the Tongue of the Ocean, likely at dark. Likewise, we'll follow the Explorer Charts' rhumblines from there to Nassau, where we'll check in at Yacht Haven, grumbling, no doubt, about weekend surcharges for the customs people. Weather at this time appears that we'll drive the entire way, getting only minimal benefit from the wind until we're nearly there. The upside is that the Gulf Stream promises to be very comfortable. Look for updates sometime Sunday PM or Monday AM; those so connected can watch our progress on the SPOT page (http://tinyurl.com/FlyingPigSpotTracking)... L8R Skip and crew -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at [email protected] and [email protected] "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at [email protected] and [email protected] "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
