Monday, October 18th final preparations

The Mai Toi has been hauled at Port Annapolis and is on the hard.  The bottom is being painted, the zincs replaced, the engine serviced and she is being readied for the trip to the Bahamas. The capatins will leave to take her to Norfolk on Sunday October  24th.  Jasen and I will fly into Norfolk on the evening of October 26th and meet up with the boat.  We will re-provision, water and fuel the boat on the 27th and depart for the Bahamas on the 28th.  So far the tropical forecast and gulf stream is dictating that we stay nearshore around Hatteras, then South at approx 77 W with adjustments for current.  If the weather is bad we will take the ICW inside Hatteras and sail nearshore to around Jacksonville. If we have a long term good tropical forecast, we will cross the gulf stream N of Hatteras and stay well east of the eastern GS wall. It looks like the weather forecast off Hatteras in the coming week will decide everything. 
We will update the blog again once we get to Norfolk and keep it updated for as long as we have internet service off shore. Right now we are targeting to arrive Treasure Cay in the Abacos on 11/3 or 11/4.