We are now sailing between the southern Bahamas, on our starboard side, and the north coast of Cuba, approx 30nm to port. Last night we passed Great Inagua Island, Bahamas and could see the glow of Matthew Town on the horizon in the distance. It was another dark cloudy night but thankfully with only a couple of squalls and a few ships.
Our new plan:
Yesterday we decided that we would give Cuba a skip on this occasion. It´s a big and interesting country for only a 3/4 day visit, after which we would end up beating in a NNE direction against NE Trades to get up to Key West. Instead we are going to stop at a couple of the uninhabited southern Bahama islands in Sal Cays Bank namely Aguila Cay and Cay Sal, only accessible by boat, for a last taste of paradise before hitting the real world and the Florida crowds. From these islands we will have a much nicer sailing angle to Key West where we will have our official Round The World party. Who´s coming??? Ahhh go on, go on, go on...! ;-)
The wind has dropped from around 20k yesterday to about 10k today and we have slowed to 5k speed, its going to be a partially sunny one and feeling smoother...
Ciao for now
Em xx
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