Freeport/Lucaya

We departed at 0730 from Great Harbor Cay by the airport to here by 1700. Lot of wind and seas/ 25 to 30 with 8 to 10 feet. Not bad actually. We hope to depart here in the morning and join the Gulf Stream about 1100 and ride it to Fernandina Beach. Should be there by 1100 on Sunday morning; however everything depends on weather and Chris Parker's forecast. He has been right on so far. The two guys who have little sailing experience learned a lot today. We had cheese burgers at the bar tonight, and I will be in bed early. Thought I heard something in the steering today, but I inspected it this evening and could not see any abnormalities. Weather is nice here at the dock. Washed all the salt water off when I got here, and I am ready for bed after a cheeseburger at the pool bar. I am tucked in between a Jenneau 54 and a Beneteau 46. Took 3 approaches to get into the slip due to the high winds. Everyone is fine and having a super time. Ben is growing in knowledge and experience by the hour. Tom/Joe is having a good time. We were doing between 8 and 10 knots all the way here. See the photo at the lower right. That is 9.8 knots boat speed. We hit over 10 knots many times sliding down a wave. S