A weather window opened up for us to cross the Gulf Stream, so we were off to the Bahamas. We left around midnight on Tuesday so that we would hit the bank of the Bahamas at first daybreak and be able to continue to sail thru the day and anchor at Great Sale Cay that night. We crossed over with our friends, Chris and Kelly, who are on the sailing vessel Verna Breeze. It was a great crossing, with calm seas and light winds. We watched another beautiful sunrise, caught fish along the way, and you can certainly tell when you enter the banks because the water turns to crystal clear turquoise blue. We couldn’t have asked for a better crossing. Once we arrived at Great Sale Cay (an uninhabited island in the middle of the
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