Re: coming home?

That little bang got my happy but moving; the sea is flat the wind is light out of the SE and I'm just starting off from Cat Cay be back around 14:00. I'll call.
Lv M

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Nassau to Miami

Just finished a three day charter with a very nice extended family of six from New England. I had thought to cancel the charter before they arrived because of the dangerous potential and close proximity of the Cat IIII hurricane. The forecasters seemed convinced that the upper air wind shear, and the mountains of Cuba, would take the storm apart and they were right.
It was a hard decision to make, staying there, since my natural inclination is to sail away from the threat.
Talking with my guests by Sat phone, I learned that the airlines and hotels would make no concessions for them. That news, coupled with the forecasters consistent predictions, I decided to stay, it all worked out fine and a good time was had by all.
I'm underway with two sails up in twenty knots of wind making about eight knots. We are broad reaching comfortably on a starboard tack in six foot waves, It's about eighty two degrees out here.
Last night I anchored near the Yacht club since I was able to pick up a WIFI signal from a boat named Camelot. I woke up about midnight and couldn't get back to sleep, the wind was at times 30/35 but everything was good when I walked around the boat so back to bed. At two AM I heard a bang, jumped up and ran to the cockpit to discover that Stray Cat had dragged three hundred feet to the concrete sea wall inches from the bow roller of Camelot. Even though I was awake I didn't feel the slow drag of the anchor. The bang amounted to a two inch dent in the gel coat at the starboard aft transom. Lucky me, could have been much worse.
Mark

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Greetings from Stray Cay!

We just ended our 3 night charter with Captain Mark…what fun we had!! After meeting Mark online(Match.com…j/k) and reading about the Stray Cat, the six of us booked a trip from Boston. We almost had to cancel our trip due to Hurricane Paloma, but we seemed to have nothing but good weather and warm sun! Sara and I kayaked to white sand beaches, Matt and Joe speared lobster for a fabulous dinner last night and George and Marie, my mom and dad, dreamed about retiring on a boat in the Bahamas! I vote for them to do that…so I can come visit, whenever I'm not watching The Hills of course! Last night we had the most fun, we had all the neighbors over for cocktail hour, or multiple cocktail hours - so fun! We taught Mark all kinds of new hip words and made him listen to XM Top 20 on 20! Everyone had a wonderful time…Thanks Captain Mark and Deborah, Happy Sails, Kristin, Joe, Matt, Sara, George and Marie, the best charter from New England!!! : (Or ever!)

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