I am getting nervous about our scheduled freighter trip to the Bahamas on Monday evening. It is supposed to depart from the Port of Palm Beach around 5-7 P.M., and arrive in Green Turtle Cay, where our boat is stored, 15 hours later. However, between the strong cold front that is due this weekend (it is only going to be in the 60’s here in Daytona), and possibly the offshore waves from Tomos, the seas are predicted to be 10-12 feet with a 3-5 foot additional swell. Even though the Legend is 180ft. long, this still sounds like it will be a very long rough trip, especially in the Gulf Stream. Hopefully the predicted conditions will improve as the time to leave gets closer. If doesn’t, we will just have to take lots of Dramamine and sleep the whole way. That should be interesting, since we have heard that as passengers on board the freight boat, our only accommodations are chairs in the crew’s lounge. If that is the case then I hope they have seat belts!
Stay tuned for what may be the continuing saga of the Pahls trying to get to the New Horizon. Actually this new experience may end up being a new horizon… or perhaps no horizon at all (aka the bottom of the ocean)!
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