We left Port of the Islands on Wednesday morning at 6 a.m. or so to go out the canal with the tide and stopped for the night in a cove between Middle and Southern Cape on Cape Sable. The waters were smooth Wednesday and Thursday with little wind which was mostly on the bow so not much good for sailing. We saw lots of dolphins and a few large sea turtles, one had two Ramora hitch hiking on his back. We arrived at Long Key on Thursday afternoon and have been sitting waiting for the wind to switch from NNE to ESE to make for a more comfortable crossing. Anything from the North is in opposition to the Gulf Stream and causes some large waves and could be dangerous.
After dark, where we are sitting, the tide comes in and brings jellyfish with it and they light up like Christmas lights with a soft green glow and stay lit for 10 seconds or so. If your lucky enough to see one light up close to the boat, you can see a soft green light come on and rotate clockwise around in a circle within the thing and the next time it lights up it's rotating counter-clockwise, like a little led light being swung around in a circle. Neat stuff. I wanted to update before we left as we won't have any access to internet or phone until next weekend at best.
It's not letting me upload photos from my camera or laptop right now so we'll have to throw them up on the next one.
Cheers,
Dave and Traci
