Our arrival was timely.

Its good we pushed a bit and arrived before schedule. The weather has been windy with over 8 foot seas in the Gulf Stream for days with the forecast calling for another 5 days of the same thing. Dixie and I have commented several times that we are glad we do not plan to cross the Gulf Stream this year since there has been very few decent crossing days. Its surprising to us as we observe some boaters who try to cross when they shouldn't. Their whining about the uncomfortable crosssing does not get sympathy from us; the secret is to wait until its safe. The worst case of a careless crossing we encountered last year when a boat that finally reached Lucaya was followed by a CG helicopter for 2/3's of the crossing as they feared floundering;took them 17 hours to do what should have taken 9 hours. Not a good use of taxpayer money.
We have crossed the Gulf Stream at least 28 times and never have had a bad or even marginal crossing. The weathermen keep commenting that its cold everywhere except the tip of Florida, and here we are.