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<\/p>\nWe are leaving the safe confines of Over Yonder Cay later this morning. \u00a0I’m excited and more than a little nervous about what lies ahead. \u00a0The winds are still challenging, so for some of this week we will be looking for another good hiding place to stay safe. \u00a0Rather soon we will be headed out in the Atlantic to Great Exuma — specifically to a large settlement called Georgetown where we can get good provisions for our last 6 – 8 weeks of sailing. \u00a0From Georgetown we will either leave for Cuba or we’ll sail east to Long Island and leave from there.<\/p>\n
This map shows a bit more than you need to know. \u00a0Can you find the tiny Great Exuma and Long Island in the Bahamas chain? You can click on the map to ‘bigify.’ \u00a0We’ll sail down past Crooked Island and Mayaguana and Grand Inagua without stopping, and then go through the Windward Passage between the eastern tip of Cuba and the western tip of Haiti.<\/p>\n
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We’ll sail past Guantanamo on the eastern most tip of the southern coast of Cuba–well offshore as the Coast Guard requires. \u00a0Then we’ll make landfall at Santiago de Cuba. \u00a0The trip from Long Island will be around 350 miles and will take us about 3 days. \u00a0It’s important that we arrive at Santiago de Cuba in daylight, and I hope that we can also go through the Windward Passage during daylight. \u00a0That is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. \u00a0So, yes, I am very worried about that! Am I scared? \u00a0Like you cannot believe! \u00a0I’ve been repressing this part of our trip for months now, and now I must face the fact that it’s almost time to do it.<\/p>\n
So, farewell to lovely Over Yonder. Here’s Bob standing on one of the greens overlooking the Atlantic. We’re not golfers, but all the greens were wonderful to visit, just for the views!<\/p>\n
And here’s the pavilion at the ocean side beach we visited a couple of times. Can you tell how windy it is? \u00a0A couple of times we brought our books to read, but the view is just so arresting it was hard to read. \u00a0And with the wind howling it was hard to read through watery eyes!<\/p>\n And here are\u00a0the wind generators–the sight that\u00a0makes\u00a0Over Yonder Cay so easily recognizable, with the main house in the background.<\/p>\n These pavilions built for meditation and yoga practice are new since we last visited here. \u00a0There are several of them, all from India–just another wonderful part of the Over Yonder setting that makes it so hard to leave.<\/p>\n![\"1-IMG_2077\"](\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1-IMG_2077.jpg\")
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