New Year

Apologies for the overly morose post yesterday. Being 50 isn't so bad. In fact, it's a lot like 49.

We spent a pleasant New Year's with cruising friends Bob and Kathy, who own a 42' Beneteau, Yankee Girl III. It got mentioned in passing a day or two ago that New Year's Eve was my birthday, so they had the staff at a restaurant we were at do the ceremony, complete with (agave?) pie and a candle. Nice.

Bob and Kathy left this morning along with a gaggle of cruisers who had been waiting for several weeks for a good weather window. I am having second thoughts about not shoving off along with the rest of the pack heading toward the Berry Islands and/or on to Nassau en route to the Exumas.

Sure, today would have been a long one of motoring, but the conditions are benign and we could have banked our southing and then moved on toward Nassau tomorrow.

Instead, we decided to relax a bit and enjoy Junkanoo, the Bahamian New Year's festival. But that means we will wait another several days before the next possible weather window -- which is currently on the edge of the forecast radius and therefore no guarantees.