Sunday, 7 June 2015

To The Bahamas we GO !

Hi Again,
We have left for the Bahamas from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Our exact position is 20 deg 44.6 N .... 69 deg 15.08 W for those of you that like to look at Google Earth.
There is nothing here except Beautiful Ocean.
If I were to describe the Ocean here in one word it would have to be
Absolutelyfantisticallybeautifullyamaizingblueclear.
Yes that would just about cover it.
I have never seen such clear blue water in all of my life.
Unfortunately right now there is NO wind, so we are motoring along at all for 4 knots. Now this is not fast. It Landlubber terms. 7km per hour.
Jo Berg to Cape Town in 8 days. But it is wonderful to be out here.
The last 48 hour we have covered 225 NM, Alex and James and Myself have been taking turns on watch, but now also we have a active AIS. so other ships out there can see us on their chart plotter, and no longer only by radar. It is rather nice to see how they avoid you, by altering course a few degrees long before you can even physically see them. This we know as we too can see them on our chart plotter.....mmmmm !
No ships to worry about right now anyhow.

We should arrive at Mayaguana, on the 9th (of this month I hope! :)
22 20,41 N..... 73 01,36 W

Till then, All the Best
Rob, Alex, James,
Crew on SV "Margie"

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