{"id":4441,"date":"2014-12-06T08:51:30","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T12:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svecho.com\/?p=4441"},"modified":"2014-12-06T08:51:30","modified_gmt":"2014-12-06T12:51:30","slug":"on-the-move-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/svecho.com\/?p=4441","title":{"rendered":"On The Move Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

We spent last night docked in Cape Canaveral just near the cruise ships.\u00a0 It’s a busy place but a good staging spot. \u00a0It’s our plan to head out to the ocean today and make our way east.<\/p>\n

East is tough since the trade winds<\/a> continually blow from that direction. It’s impossible to sail into the wind so we need to tack back and forth to try to make distance up wind.\u00a0\u00a0 I remember in 2012 when someone said “the trades are blowing today” and we had no idea – today we have much better knowledge of exactly what that means.<\/p>\n

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In 2012-13 we followed a route referred to as “the thorny path” which took us through the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico then to the Virgins. It involved quite a bit of time and planning. This time we hope to travel from Florida directly to either Puerto Rico or US Virgin Islands. The weather forecast looks good and the backup plan is to stop in the northern Bahamas and wait for another weather window if necessary.\u00a0 Either destination is inviting at this point.<\/p>\n

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Friday morning we watched Orion take off. We were among a large group watching from the Max Brewer bridge<\/a> in Titusville.\u00a0 We were with many of the same people we had seen Thursday morning when the launch was ultimately scrubbed. There was a great deal of excitement and we were happy to be there.<\/p>\n

\"Orion <\/a>
Orion launch <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Waiting <\/a>
Waiting for a rocket launch <\/div> <\/div>
\"Beautiful <\/a>
Beautiful morning for a launch <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Jeff <\/a>
Jeff watching for the launch <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n