The "Big Day" has finally arrived. The crew is made up of Cameron, fellow KP '72 grad Bob Schmidt and his son Jason, and Chris Parrish another Kings Pointer and veteran multihull sailor from Houston. Nancy decides that "Nothing goes to windward like a 737" and flies to Baltimore to visit her Mother & sister Gayle & family, while we bash our way to Key West. We shove off about 0900 and head out with strong NW wind. As we are about to round Red Fish Island, Cameron decides to go on the internet and check the weather forercast one last time while we still have phone service. Bad Move. The winds that had been predicted to subside to 20 knots offshore are now predicted to increase in strength to 25-35 with possible gale force winds
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