On the Way

The rental Dodge Caravan (red) is packed with the following:

Food:

Lots of Ramen Noodles
Lots of instant Quaker Oats
Lots of instant Gritz
Dried Soups
Dried Potatoes
Mini Oreo Packs
Toast Chee Crackers
Granola Bars
Bananas
Oranges
Coffee
Bengal Spice Tea
Gin
Tonic Water
Bourbon
Coke
Champagne
Gatorade
Water

Extra Clothes:

Foul Weather Gear for all
Silk Long Underwear
Gloves, Hats, Wooly Socks
Wet Suits - in case the boat sinks and we're swimming in the cold Atlantic...
Rubber Boots

Gear:

Extra Handheld VHF radio
Extra GPS
Binoculars
Extra Battery powered stern and bow lights
Glow Sticks
Flashlights
Extra Batteries
A few new lines
Buckets
Cleaning Supplies
Charts Galore
Celestial Navigation Books
Flares
The Fluke

oh. and books: The Innocent Mage and The Awakened Mage - a Karen Miller series

Most other Necessary Equipment is already on Wind Mistress waiting to be salvaged.
We (Jack, Erik, Savannah, Mary and I) leave in two hours to Stuart, Florida. Unload at the boat. Return the rental car. A brief ceremony honoring Posiedon before our maiden voyage. And then head out the ICW.

Weather reports were looking favorable the past couple of weeks until this southwest storm front decided to make an appearance. Now who knows where the wind will be from - reports are showing it shifting a lot. And it looks like we'll be in for a chilly rain. Yay.
The storm should pass us by Friday evening
Depending on the storm's actual path, we'll most likely stay in the ICW until Ponce de Leon. We've heard this is a terrifying inlet to try to come in and out of, and if the waves look too rough along that jetty we'll stay in the ICW till St. Augustine.

Currently our destination is Coffee Bluff Marina. Ideally we'll leave from Ponce out to sea and then head back in around Green Island Sound. But no one expects that to really happen.... :D