Atlantic: Enroute to St. Helena

Date: 2007/12/17 17:17:10

I am 800 miles from St. Helena and expect to be there the day before Christmas. I will try to buy fuel and e-mail a photo of WanderLust in the bay.

My plan is to sail straight down the trade winds to Antigua. That will be my personal point of circumnavigation as I came in there from Europe on the H-46.

I will stay out in the trade winds to BVI, that way I stay out of shipping charter traffic. The route will take me north of the Turks & Caicos and above Nassau, Bahamas where I will cross the Gulf Stream into Fort Lauderdale or Miami, depending on my time of arrival.

My plan is to get into Miami MiaMarina a week or a few days before the Boat show starts. I want to take down sails and have them patched and cleaned before taking people out on Discover Sailing.

Mike Harker
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