Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Mother Nature is not Nice; Unforecasted Gale

We were going to leave for Marsh Harbour today but there was, and still is, an unforecasted gale going on. The anchorage was a circus last night; too many boats too close together.
We'll be here at least another night since Whaleback Channel is dangerous if not impassable. The current forecast is for another gale later tonight. Its very late in the season to have these kind of storms. The objective in waiting until March to come over was to avoid most of the winter storms. Didn't work this year. We have a ruptured high pressure hose on the watermaker so this delay gives us time to get it fixed. In Ft Lauderdale the problem could have been solved in 2 hours; in the Bahamas its days.

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