Saturday, June 7, 2008 Hampton, VA

This is a Gulf Stream chart of the mid-Atlantic coast. You can see our planned course to Bermuda. This is called a rhumbline course. Our actual course will vary from this depending on the winds and currents. (Chart source: oceanography.navy.mil)
The distance is about 670 nautical miles.



The weather reports for the next four days continue to be favorable so we will be leaving in the morning around 8 am. The winds are forecasted to be from the southwest to west at 10 to 15 building on Monday to 15 to 20. With good radio propagation conditions you should be receiving updates while we travel. We will top off our fuel and water tanks first thing in the morning and head to the point of departure at the Chesapeake Bay entrance about 20 miles east.