Getting ready for the crossing

We are still here in Tavenier, but we are making preparations to go to the Bahamas on Saturday.
We still have a ice maker on order which I hope comes tomorrow before 2:00 pm or we will have to leave without it. We have a load of pasta, the freezer is full of meat and we got 5 cases of beer so I think we are ready to go.  I guess beer is expensive over there.
It looks like the wind will be favorable for a Saturday crossing. It should be coming out of the south at 9 to 14 knots. That should allow us to use the sails and make good time. I don't think we will get too much wave action because the wind is out of the south. When the wind is out of the north the gulf stream blows up bad.
We still need to get gas and water before we go. There is a fuel dock on the way up to Elliot Key.
Elliot Key is where we will leave from. It is 50 knots over to Bimini. So if we leave at 5:00 am we should get there about 3:00 pm. That will give us enough time to anchor and may be check in.
If not we can check in on Sunday.
Once we get over there we will not have Karen's iPhone for internet but there are some marinas that have wifi. So we should still be able to update the blog but maybe not quite as often.
That's all for now.