The underway trip from Cape Canaveral started out just perfectly. All doors were open in the pilot house and a fine night was underway. Check out the photos of the sunset and moonrise. And then... and then... the cruising gods realized that we were tempting fate and actually pointed in that cardinal direction called NORTH. Yes, the same one associated with cold, wet unpleasant weather. By the time Renee's morning watch was only mid-way through (and we had cleared the waters of Florida) the wind pickedup to 35 knots, the temperature dropped almost 20 degrees, the sky clouded over, and the cold rain began. By the time we arrived in Hilton Head in early afternoon, it was so cold and wet (sleeting not raining) that staying on deck for more than a few minutes was impossible.

What ever made us think this was a good idea. Key West was not that too long ago. And we traveled over four hundred nautical miles in three days for this???

Well, not exactly... the REAL reason to be here was to reunite Luca withSasha; and us with Judy and Nic and our other good friends from HHI. And we know that we will enjoy our eight weeks here with them all. Just let it warm a just a little bit more..

By the way, check out the pictures at http://picasaweb.google.com/mcurreri. Pick the "heading North Spring 2010" album.