tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954150.post-64631711494123284102007-06-02T07:15:00.000-04:002007-06-02T07:17:37.599-04:00Weather reportCurrently at: Allen's Cay, Exumas, Bahamas<p>(see <a href="http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/winlink.cgi?KG4EYP">http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/winlink.cgi?KG4EYP</a> for latest position)<p>As many of you probably already know, Tropical Storm Barry has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is headed for and across Florida today. (Jeez, and hurricane season only started yesterday! If you're wondering why we're starting with B, it's because Subtropical Storm Andrea was named back in early May - that's the storm that made the big swells that kept us out of Flamingo Bay at Rum Cay for a few days.)<p>Because of Barry, we've got gray skies, strong winds, and squalls...so what's new? It's not supposed to get particularly bad here, although the Abacos are, in the words of the forecaster, "really miserable" with 30-40 knot winds and squalls. And Asolare has been balked in their attempt to cross over to Florida - they're sitting in Nassau waiting for the winds and seas to drop.<p>We're hanging tight at Allen's Cay, which is a collection of small islands near the northern end of the Exuma chain. (It probably looks really cool on the satellite image linked from the position URL, so go check it out!) We're protected from all directions, but the boat sits to the strong current rather than the wind. This means that the wind blows from our side rather than from the front. At the moment we are heeled a couple of degrees to port, even though we're at anchor! <p>Things should improve early next week, and we plan to take advantage of predicted light winds and sunny skies to snorkel the far northern Exumas - Ship Channel Cay and the Sail Rocks - where we've never been. As the wind slowly fills in, we'll head north for the Berry Islands, and then start working our way back to the US - hopefully, well before the next storm gets in our way.S/V Windomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371242773814115408noreply@blogger.com