It's on!
The boat has been fixed, we have our provisions including some of the famous Bermuda onions, and the weather looks to be cooperating along the route. So we are off, first thing in the morning.
Weather: it appears as if we will have 10 - 15 knot winds with 2 - 6 foot seas for most of our trip. We will likely encounter a couple light squalls and a bit of lightening as we cross through some smaller disturbances, but the dangerous stuff should be out of our way. With these small fronts, the models are forecasting shifting winds so we will definitely be doing a lot of sailing, manipulating sail angles rather frequently.
Route: we have established our route and adjusted speeds so it looks like the 636 mile trip will take between 4 days, 12 hours and 4 days, 20 hours putting us in Martha's Vineyard sometime between 10 PM and 3 AM on Saturday or Sunday.
Below I have included a map that shows the rhumb line (straight line from Bermuda to MV) and our projected route which stays pretty close to the line. Disregard the route which is off to the West. It will take us roughly 4 hours to motor our way from Hamilton to St. George where we must officially say goodbye to the good people of Bermuda. So by 11 am EST tomorrow, we should be under sail.
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