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!
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Hope all is well. The weather has seemed favorable; How far have you made it? If you need any supplies let us know.
Peter
Sounds like an exciting way to start. Hope the weather was as good as it seemed here. We enjoyed the send-off and will miss our Carlson friends this year. Maybe we can throw a party without you.
Love, Toby and David
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