Finally on the move again

After a month in southern Florida, Patina is finally leaving the US. 
Over the past month, the boat has seen substantial upgrades and/or repairs.  In addition to the regular maintenence and repair to things like joker valves, Patina has an additional house battery, a new 120 amp alternator, a new three-stage regulator, rewired DC connections and a battery monitor that will, at a glance, allow us to determine our power reserves.  On the trip from Fort Lauderdale to Miami, the windlass went out and Ken and Will tracked down a broken relay to get that functional again.

In Fort Lauderdale, John and Barbara were a big help to Ken as he worked on all the electrical changes.  Will Flannery rejoined Ken about one week ago. 

 Saturday night, Ken posted:  We ( Bamboushay and Patina) plan to leave Miami tomorrow at 0700 through Government Cut and take a course of about 80 degrees magnetic to North Rock near Bimini in the Bahamas. It is about 45 nm so should take about 7 to 8 hours under ideal conditions. If the slight northerly wind component makes the passage too dangerous, we will return to Miami and try again in a day or two. If it is tolerable we will spend the night in the vicinity of North Rock. In that event we will likely head East for the Berry Islands or Northwest Shoal (55 nm) to anchor out on Monday night. We would then head Southeast forNassau (45 nm) to check in with the Bahamian authorities. Once in Nassau, we will be able to update the itinerary. We will likely head further Southeast for the Exumas and Staniel Cay.