10 July Checked out from Guadeloupe

Bonaire is beckoning. We decided not to go to Grenada this year. We've been there for the last three years and we feel like a change of scenery.

Bonaire is one of the Dutch ABC islands approximately 60 miles north of Columbia and is considered to be on the southern edge of the hurricane zone. To date has never been hit by a hurricane. The big draw for us is the diving, easy diving in warm, clear, current free water and multiple dive sites that can be reached by dinghy. This will be our third visit on Jackster; October 2009 on our way to the Panama Canal, 2018 post circumnavigation on our way to dive the western Caribbean and now 2025 hurricane season. We'll likely head back to NE Caribbean later in the year.

So today we've done a final check on the hull and propeller and gone ashore to clear out, say au revoir to friends. If the forecasts are right the 450nm passage should take us 2 and a half days. If we leave pre dawn tomorrow we estimate to arrive there pre sunset on 13^th, take a mooring overnight and move into the marina next morning. That's the plan.