Guess you folks have already answered all my prep questions because I haven't had any over the past week. Thanks so much! We couldn't be more excited. Leaving Miami for BVI tomorrow!

Close enough now that weather forecasts are meaningful. We are doing a "long" sail from Norman to Leverick on Sunday according to our itinerary, but could move it up to Saturday and spend more time around Norman at the end of the cruise. According to Windy, Saturday's forecast is about 10 knots out of SE, so should be over the beam. Sunday's forecast is for east winds at about 15 knots, so more on the nose and beating up the SFD channel. Sound like a good reason to choose Saturday with a young inexperienced crew, or not really much different?

Any other tips for that sail ... e.g. stay in the middle of the channel or hug the windward side (if not tacking up the channel)?