Prep prep prep, hurry up and wait. Not a good position for a type A personality
to be in, quite frustrating actually. We
are trying to head out to deliver a catamaran to Florida. Ideally it will be positioned in Marathon on
the 16th of March. This being the end of
February a gulf crossing is iffy at best so we planned to head down the ditch
(the Gulf Coast Intercoastal Waterway).
This is the safest way to transit the trip but also the slowest. In perfect conditions a boat can make an
offshore gulf crossing, depending on starting and ending positions, in 5 to 7
days. In the ditch it turns into 2 to 3
weeks. Right now we have a great window
to actually do it the fast way, a window that is quickly closing.
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Sea Yawl Later a Seawind 1000 |
Now anyone that knows boats knows that a schedule is written in sand and changes with the wind, so I knew
going into this that I was at the mercy of the weather, but the yard is a
different story. I'm sure that they did
everything in a timely manner (no they
didn't), I'm sure that they are going to have the sense of urgency that I
have to get the boat in the water ASAP (no
I'm not), but really I hate having to wait on other people to do their
jobs.
So I wait, looking at the forecast for wind and waves vs.
the possible date of departure, planning (like all type A people do) for the
perfect weather window, all the while knowing that our intended arrival date is
getting closer. Do we have to get all
the way to Marathon with the boat by the 16th?
No, but I really would love to make it all the way to the Keys!
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Photo cutesy of Fla-keys.com |
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