Mike Is Here

Mike Jacobs arrived in Marsh Harbor at 7 AM on Thursday. He was delayed a day because of a late flight out of Minneapolis and then again in Orlando. It worked out good because the weather here was pretty bad. You can see the sundown picture with the sun setting into the smoke because they have had big forest fires on this island for the last few weeks. The wind has been howling for the last few days and we were expecting and we did get gale force winds on Friday morning.

Mike is here to sail with me back to the USA. Since we couldn't leave right away we went over to Hope Town so Mike could see the coolest of the cruising destinations. We had a great time and I got to be "tour guide" again. We ran into Di and a few other old friends when we stopped into the Edge restaurant and had some Conch patties and then went to the Coffee House for some great coffee.

Mike is pointing at the "castle" which was build by a famous Marsh Harbor resident who became the doctor of the islands many years ago.

Our sail plan is to sail April 2 and hope to get around "The Whale" which includes a passage that can be bad if the weather isn't just right. It looks good now but we will make the real decision when we can actually see the passage.

Once beyond the Whale Cay Passage we will stay at Spanish Cay or someplace close and then sail to Great Sale Cay and then to West End. I figure we can stay in West End for a few days if necessary to get good weather for crossing the stream.