The crash of the thunder followed immediately after the brilliant flash of lightning. That was too close! The rain was falling in torrents so heavy that the eaves troughs couldn't keep up with it. But we were safe and cosy on the Elk's screened porch, enjoying some of their barbecued pork.

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We crossed yesterday ( March 16th ) from Lucaya, Grand Bahamas to West Palm Beach. Departure at Lucaya was at 0430 and we arrived in West Palm just over 12 hours later. The passage was a motorsail, so that was good for my knee as we didn't have to hand steer. The autopilot drove most of the way and did a much better job than I could have with the sloppy, following seas.

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Perhaps you have heard on the news that Prince Harry is visiting the Bahamas. Yesterday, he stopped by Spanish Wells, Eleuthera, for short visit. He arrived in a Royal Bahamas Defense Force boat and it tied up at the pier while Prince Harry did a "meet & greet" with some important local officials. There was a small group of schoolchildren, a band and the rest of the onlookers to cheer them on.

This past fall, we purchased an unlocked Novatel 2372 MiFi. This unit connects to cell phone towers and gives you Internet access.

The advantage of the MiFi over a rocket stick or air-card is that it creates a wireless hot-spot and allows up to 5 devices connected at the same time. This hot-spot has an advertised range of 30 feet but the signal seems to extend further than that and we have been able to allow a neighbouring vessel to connect through our MiFi by giving him the code.

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We departed the Berry Islands on Feb 8th, headed for Nassau. On the way, Murray caught a lovely mahi mahi, about 36 inches long. It was incredible to see the shiny golden fish leaping and spinning on the end of our line. He tried hard to shake the hook but Murray managed to land him safely in our cockpit, where his bright colours faded quickly.

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It took three tries but we finally made it out of Lucaya and on to the Berry Islands. The first time, MarNel has said that the waves were too high for their boat, a catamaran, heading to windward. But we attempted it alone. After we fell off of the fourth huge wave and everything crashed and banged, we opted to turn around.

Saturday morning was spent at the Green Market, in West Palm Beach,
loading up on fresh veggies and pastries. Especially the pain au
chocolat! Chocolate croissants, yumm. The debate continued on the best
time to depart for Lucaya. But, the plan had been made to go at
midnight.

Our plans have changed a zillion times in the last month. We' re going, no we are heading home, maybe we're crossing, we're not crossing. My head has been spinning as we weigh all of the options. But, finally, a decision has been made.

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It is a gorgeous sunny day here in West Palm Beach as we sit at anchor. But it hasn't always been this lovely and warm and we have had several major issues since our last report.

Here we sit, in our cosy boat, in a very quiet anchorage near Daytona.
Beside us is the SeaRay factory but it is quiet for the holidays.
There is only one other boat in our anchorage and he is a quarter of a
mile from us. Today was a long one, about 69 miles in total. I know,
that is just one hour by car!! But, a good day for a boat.