Leaving Charleston on Tuesday morning with Jackster filled to the top with fuel and provisions we sail south with the wind on our starboard beam for a day and once we are abreast of Jacksonville turn east to cross the Gulf Stream at a narrower spot. The wind clocks with our turn and stays on the beam. At dusk it's been a comfortable day's sail and we're across. Time to turn for the Bahamas and as we do the wind clocks again. It really is fortuitous and we sail all the way.
From landfall at Spanish Wells we day southwards until a series of weather fronts keeps us holed up in a protected lagoon at the south end of Eleuthera. We're waiting for a 48 hour slot to allow us to continue on to Cuba but all we're seeing is no wind or wind from the wrong direction. Never mind it's a pretty place to hang out. Of course departure day comes around as it always does and we have a brilliant sail to Puerto de Vita on the north and east coast of Cuba.
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