Tuesday morning we woke up around 8:30am after sleeping a solid 11 hours. We looked at the weather and spur of the moment decided to try to cross south to the Berry Islands because the winds are supposed to strengthen all week and we wanted to get as far as we could before hunkering down. So by 9:30 am we were on our way, headed out the Bell Channel, sails up and engines on. After about an hour the winds started building and of course the seas did too. On the chartplotter, our ETA to the Berrys showed as 5:40 (right at sunset) even though we were cruising along at 8+ knots. We discussed going on (for another 7 hours with wind & waves building) vs turning back. We decided we probably would've been fine if we'd left before sunrise but we knew that it was foolish to push on. Not that we would be in danger, just that the whole point of this is supposed to be fun and if we're getting knocked around by the seas it's not that fun. So we decided to call it a daysail and turned back towards Lucaya again to wait out the weather for the week. There are worse places to be stuck, that's for sure -- at least there's lots to do in Lucaya. We first anchored off the marina where we stayed last year hoping to make use of the free wi-fi, but the ferry guy came by and said we weren't allowed to anchor so close to the marina. So we moved on down the channel and tucked into one of the man-made coves. There's no internet signal here, but it's nice and secluded and protected from the wind. This morning Kevin looked at the weather forecast and it's looking like we'll be here til Sunday at least, which is our anniversary so that will be kind of cool to celebrate it here where we got married.
Where we are:
Location=Port Lucaya, GB
Lat=26 31.110
Lon=78 37.868
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