Splendid is quiet and it’s dark out. The girls are sleeping. I’m going through my normal morning rituals before a trip. Get up early, make coffee, and check the NOAA weather charts, Grib files, radar images, and national hurricane center. I’ll put the dinghy up on deck soon, upload my latest route from my PC to the GPS, and turn on the autopilot and so on.
I don’t like the looks of getting through the Port Saint Lucy inlet by the charts but I hear keel boats do it all the time. I’m hitting it at high tide and I’ll have a chat with sea-tow before I transit it. If I’m not feeling good about it I’ll head North on the ICW to the next inlet about 20 miles up the road.
The weather looks okay however it may be wet. I don’t really know where we are going to put in. I’m hoping it’s a nice trip and we can go as far as
I probably won’t be online for a few days but you can always check the spot.
Cheers everyone.
Sail far and live slowly.
Alex