We’ve been attending daily weather briefings with our fellow Salty Dawg rally boats. Last night the group had a lovely buffet dinner at Pusser’s Landing in Soper’s Hole. A few boats departed yesterday, taking advantage of the wind. The rest are leaving today, the 15th of May.
We will get a late start as we have to pick up our repaired main sail this morning. Once we reinstall it (this will take a few hours), get our fuel topped up, and finish stowing our kayak and SUP, we’ll assess our readiness for departure, clear out at customs and immigration, then point the bow north.
Our plan is to sail as direct as possible from BVI to Hampton, Virgina in 10-12 days. At this point we anticipate 3-4 mostly windless days during the trip, and will have to drift or use the motors. Likely we’ll do a bit of both. Once we arrive I’ll do my best to put an update on the blog.
We just sailed from St Barth’s to Brunswick, GA (around the eastern side of the Bahamas and it was a great passage!! Downwind most of the time. Only one squally day and only 1-2 light airs!! Hope you have a great passage. Enjoy the Chesapeake. Maybe we will see you somewhere on the east coast this summer!