Florida to Bahamas - Keep the good spirit to "press on" ...

This is really fun. We did 2 days passage from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine through ICW and then Sunday morning 7:00 AM we left Municipal Marina, wait for the 7:30 bridge opening at the Lion Bridge and out in the ocean to Lake Worth, 220 miles south or about 33 hours cruising. It's really a nice passage even though we didn't sail as the light wind was from north..

St Augustine Inlet. St Augustine is famous for the number of churches they have and in the background you can see the huge cross of the Catholic Church Cathedral in this town.

Taken by Jeff and Jean aboard Greenstone ... 

About 60 miles out of St Augustine to Lake Worth or at about 16:00 on Sunday, we saw some of natures amazing creatures ... 3 Right Whales, on the starboard side, about 3 boats length away. They broached three times ... each time getting closer and closer to our boat ... was a little scary once we got over the excitement of the event ... and then tried to remember to grab the camera ... three breaches with a half twist ... still can not believe it ... our buddy boater "Greenstone" was in awe as well as they followed us from a distance ... these protected creatures are huge and powerful and awesome opportunity for us to share this wonderful time together (as long as they stay off our boat and we stay on our boat)  they decided to move away ... we are not sure if they knew we were there ... as one swims towards us and at the last minute turns sharply away from us ... phew!

A whale breaches ... and we just get the spash ... out of the water and a quarter twist ... really cool!

The end of another great day in the neighborhood ...

Arrival in Lake Worth ... anchoring temporarily to look at the systems that need attention ... Bob and Jeff aboard Greenstone get the watermaker and windlass "adjusted" to tip top running condition ... and then weather updates from Bob and Judy's friends support a good crossing if we leave immediately ... so we are off to the Bahamas after two hours in Lake Worth.

Really happy to be on the way ... starting out crossing the Gulf Stream ...



Greenstone under way with us ...

We are amost there and time to bring down the US courtesy flag ...

Anchorage at Great Harbor

Captain and Admiral sloshing some cool beverage ... celebrating our arrival into the Bahamas ... not landed yet still have to get checked in with Customs and Immigration in Nassau ... tomorrow. So officially we are quarantined!

Sunset at Great Harbor

Bringing up the anchor the next morning ...

Smooth Sailing ... so far!

... sailing in 20 knott winds ... only about 2 meter waves ... so far ... but building waves and weather.

Poor Saber Tooth ... getting wet again ... will have to rinse all that salt off in Nassau.

The weather continued to build through the day with winds up to 28 knotts and waves to 3 meters ... this ship was even having trouble .... it used to be in the eastern Nassau anchorage .. but even his anchor was dragging ... now in the middle of the wester port entrance. After calling Nassau Harbor Control for permission to enter the harbor we start our approach around this "big boy".

Here we are ... in Nassau harbor ... a few cruise ships in port.

Celebrational Dinner at the "Poop Deck" ...

Two Admirals ... Greenstone and Saber Tooth ... happy to be "there" ...

Delight in the local "beverage" ... Klick Beer ... it **is** better in the Bahamas ...

the admiral hoists the Bahamas courtesy flag ... we are officially here!

Just some pictures of the neighbourhood ...

Internet access at Starbucks ... updating the Blog ...

The Admiral adding her comments ...