Day 2 at Sea - Charlestown to Marion MA

After a really nice send-off last night (thank you Dan and Pam) we left Charlestown at 6 am. It was a beautiful sail out of Boston Harbor, a full moon illuminating the skyline while the sun was rising. The weather treated us well all morning, warm and windy, as we sailed south.

I guess it is part of the adventure, but we had a few very hairy moments near the entrance to the Cape Cod Canal. Managed to recover, however, only to sail into fog at the Canal exit. And I discovered that I am not as prepared as I thought when I had to pull out the technical manual to figure out how to turn on the radar. Raytheon, the radar manufacturer, could take a few lessons from Apple about how to make their equipment more intuitive - like adding an "on" button called something other than "X-limit Off".

Despite our shakedown misadventures, we arrived safely in Marion around 6 pm. Thanks again to all of our friends for their support and encouragement!

The Adventure Begins

23 Miles from Marblehead to Charlestown, Massachusetts on September 23rd.


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Two week countdown

The house is almost packed up, the new engine is installed, and we have had several fun events to say, temporarily, goodbye to friends.

Dave has been working hard to get the new motor tested, install a windlass, and take care of numerous other projects to keep our power consumption down and spirits up.

Now, the challenge is fitting several weeks worth of food, nine months worth of clothing, tools and possibly books, cds, dvds and my freeweights into a very small space. But, it will all come together, even if our boat looks a little junked up. One of the hardest things has been wrapping up work projects and saying goodbye to colleagues, but everyone has been incredibly supportive. Now, where did I put the foul weather gear?