Got up at 04:00, and left the anchorage with zero visibility. Used the GPS, Nobeltec, and the radar to guide my way. No luck fishing today.
I’m headed for Clarence town on Long key. I arrived at Clarence town about 16:00, and pulled up to the fuel dock. I’ve used 16.2 gallons of fuel since Highborne key. Disaster struck. I was walking Namaste about 40 down the dock, the guy said I could tie up for an hour to explore the town and get some groceries. There was a good tide, and when I wasn’t paying attention, the outboard (attached to the stern pulpit) got caught between Namaste, and a pylon. The outboard was almost broken in two. I’m going to see if I can do something to it tonight. I really got hit with the blues, started wondering if this is all worth it? It seems like an uphill battle at times.
I was going to spend the night at anchor, and get a bite of real food, but I just wanted out of there. Its 18:30 and I’ve left for Great Inagua, about 160 mile trip. My plan is to fuel in great Inagua, provision a bit, and leave for Cartagena. If I can’t get wind for Cartagena, I will head for Panama.
I’m probably going to leave Namaste there for a few months, and go back to Maryland to make some money for the Canal, a new outboard, and some other things.
South America will be my first big crossing about 1000 miles. Legs across the Pacific, will be over 3000. This should give me a good Idea of what to expect.
Hurricane season starts on Tuesday. Reuters: The Atlantic Caribbean hurricane season will be busier than average with 14 named storms this year, 8 of which will become hurricanes. A cyclone researcher said in a revised forecast on Friday, “of the 8 anticipated hurricanes, 3 will become intense”
It really is time to get going. I still need to figure out how to get ashore in Great Inagua, I hope they have a marina.
That’s it for today.
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