Today we finished more laundry, replaced all the food we already ate since we untied the dock lines last week... and generally spent getting ready to depart. David studies the chart to determine our headings versus the weather forecasts. Unfortunately, the extreme low tides in the marina mean we'll have to wait until at least mid-day to get out of here. The good news is, if we get stuck going out the channel, the tide's coming up all day long! :)
We've been comparing weather forecasts ... NOAA, Buoyweather and WindFinder. So far WindFinder seems to be the closest forecast to actual daily - of course, it might be an anomoly. So in order to keep from driving ourselves crazy studying too much weather, for now, we're going with WindFinder.com. We check Boca Grande Pass, Marco Island and Marathon in the Keys daily since that's our intended general direction. And we're keeping our fingers crossed for a great sail, starting tomorrow! (Fingers and toes crossed!)
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