Yesterday and this morning we sailed from Rodriguez key to west end in the north end of the Bahamas. This took 22 hours and covered 145 miles and hit boat speeds of 9.7 knots with 22 knot winds and 3 knots currents to bring our over the ground speeds to almost 10.
Weeks of planning and analysis of weather and routes took place before we did the final one night crossing. Below is the general route
Sun setting as we head north into the Gulf Stream as we cross the Florida strait
We sailed all night and had to resort to hand steering as the autopilot would not handle the shifting winds. We traded off steering all night. We were able to sailing adding the 3 knot current and our 6-7 knot boat speed
Arrived in west end at 11:30 am Monday
We checked in and continued sailing 20 miles to a mangrove key.
Adventures of Scott and sailor 