Stalled by Andrea

May 11, 2007 Friday
We are still in Port Canaveral at the yacht club. There has been the first named storm of the season, sub-tropical disturbance Andrea off the coast of the Carolinas and slowly drifting South. This is not a hurricane since it started in cold waters, but it is a rotating storm around a low pressure. The winds in the center never got much above 40 knots and now are around 25 knots. But this has been enough to keep Florida weather unsettled and windy. I am reluctant to go poking around in the shallow waters of the ICW for the first time in strong winds. Ergo, we have remained in the marina and have partaken of a virtually non-stop run of parties hosted by the Davidsons. We were delighted to meet David, an English guitarist who accompanies cante and dance very well. We had a great deal of flamenco fun (to say nothing of good food and companionship).
Every morning we get up and check the weather and every morning the forecast changes from possible to not-any-fun. We are getting tired of getting our hopes up and then finding out that we can't go. Tomorrow is currently forecast as light winds and so we are planning to leave early. If we get in long days, we can make St. Augustine in 2 days. And that is handy, since a new cold front is forecast on Monday. But, we can't know for sure until tomorrow morning when we check the forecasts yet again. Keep your fingers crossed for us.