School will let out early today due to an approaching weather front from the west. We’ll be departing SSC at approximately 1:00 pm. This should put us a few hours ahead of the front and hopefully we’ll stay out in front! In any case, leaving earlier is better considering the weather and better considering more daylight drive time and an earlier arrival in Tallahassee tonight. There is rain in the forecast tomorrow, so we’ll take it slow and easy as conditions dictate down to Fort Lauderdale. The good news is that the weather should move out by Saturday morning with 15 knot westerlies early, diminishing to about 10 knots as the day progresses. This should push us toward the Bahamas in good conditions. Seas should be 1-2 meters initially and improving to 1 meter as we progress. Of course all of this is a couple of days out, but the bottom line is conditions are favorable for a good Gulf Stream crossing.