Wednesday, May 12, 1993

(Note: The sailor Bill Forest mentioned in yesterdays log will have more details in tomorrows log.)

Changeable weather, light, variable winds. Motorsailed all day. In the morning, it was partly cloudy, but the clouds were fleecy white. By noon, it was pouring, but the rain soon passed, and the rest of the day was sunny and warm. Nowhere near as hot as on the Pacific side, however.
Back in Richmond when we were planning this trip, we intended to visit Belize and Yucatan, but we got away to such a late start that we've had to change our plans on the run. It's essential that we get to Florida and up the East Coast before the start of the hurricane season, the end of May. We've been following the route John Rains laid out in his book, "Cruising Ports", but now we're modifying that. His route goes from San Andres to Roatan to Cozumel. We have just decided to bypass Roatan and go directly across to Cozumel. That will save us two or three days. From Cozumel, it's less than 400 miles to Key West!