Stats for April 20, 2019

Origin: Angelfish Point

Destination: Little Sale Cay

Distance: 37.4 miles

Speed: 7.8 mph

Time on the Move: 4 hours and 49 minutes

After much debate, we decided to move ourselves closer to a good jumping off spot in case the weather held and gave us a good window to cross back to the states on Sunday. We were ready to be back, and Sunday looked like a possibility, though Thursday looked like an even better day. But Thursday was 5 days away. 5 DAYS!! That is forever when you’re ready to be somewhere. So we figured we’d head to Little Sale just in case we decided to leave. The Blessing stayed in Angelfish Point, so we said a temporary good-bye to them and pulled anchor.

At this point, we had been on the boat for about 40 hours straight, and we had a renewed sense of purpose, moving west. The kids were troopers and seem to just roll with being on the boat so long when they can tell getting off isn’t really an option.

We neared Little Sale shortly before sunset. There isn’t much protection there and it is literally just a rock island. It was not the most comforting feeling be so far out to sea, all by ourselves, and with no cell phone signal.

Luckily we were treated to this beautiful sunset. Red sky at night, sailor’s delight!! Just a little bitty bit of delight, tonight, it seems. Hmm…

Reading before bed on our 2nd full day on the boat.

We had no buddy boats and no cell signal to check the latest weather forecasts. We made a plan to get up super early (4 am) and head northwest towards a cay where we knew there was service just to get just close enough to get signal, check all the weather apps, send the necessary messages, and head to the US if everything was a go. It wasn’t an easy plan, but it was the best one we could think of, so that’s what we went with.

Thank you for following our adventures!!