It's a balk

 Kerm here,

We went out with 3 other boats and they say 3 to 5's with some 8's but the rollers did us in.  They were on the nose which is ok for awhile but two things,  if the wind goes over 45 or 90 degrees it becomes very, very uncomfortable or/and doing this for hours on end is not our idea of fun.  So, we turned back after being out 3 or 4 miles.  Life is too short to get your butt kicked for 19 hours.  We don't need to be anywhere specific for a couple of months so we're ok to sit and get a few more things done on the boat. This is supposed to be fun...

That big storm going through the mid-west will mess us up at some point.  We're hoping that there is a window before the effects nail us down here.  Again, it is what it is. 

We went for a walk today and found where we looked at a trawler 3 years ago.  Oh dear,  abandoned buildings, abandoned boats and falling in docks.  BUT, we did find a DOLLAR GENERAL where we bought batteries and several items we probably did not need.  Heh, a buck. 

So, we won't know spit about the weather for a crossing until morning.  We have also lost some of our crossing candidates but with any luck there will be some victims coming in this afternoon.  We have heard that there is a pack behind us catching up so perhaps it will all work out for the best...