Wet and Wild

The Plan: Jacksonville, FL to Port Morant, Jamaica, to and through the Panama Canal.

The reality:

• 10 days
• 7 cold fronts
• Maximum winds 40 knots
• Minimum winds 0 knots
• Average winds 25 to 35 knots
• Maximum seas 15 - 18 feet.
• Minimum seas 2 feet
• Average seas 10 to 12 feet
• Lowest pressure 990 mb
• Highest pressure 1010 mb
• Highest instantaneous boat speed 16.9 knots
• 1 waterspout at about 10 NM from Reboot
• 3 thunderstorms
• 1 1/4 crew injuries (laceration of head from hitting tang on winch, minor black and blue from refrigerator door dropping on finger)
• Fresh water supply polluted with sea water
• 1 hatch cover cracked
• Percentage of time comfortably cruising - 3%
• Percent of time hanging on for dear life - 97%
• Destination reached - Oriental, North Carolina, USA.
• 1099 NM traveled

The conclusion:

March is not a fun month to be in the Atlantic Ocean

Fair winds and following seas :)