In a nutshell, things are finally “good to go.” Today we leave as soon as the tide is high enough to let us exit the Bohemia (sometime mid to late morning.) My dad has been in town for the last week, tirelessly helping us to provision and pack the boat. We lost a day or two to shear exhaustion and the fact that the days are about 7 hours long, but in our minds we’re finally ready. While we’re six weeks late departing for our 18 month cruise, we’re okay with that! To put it into perspective, if you’re leaving for a long weekend, and you’re a couple hours late getting on the road, that’s basically what happened.
So follow along on the Spot, I’ll have it turned on tracking our every movement, you can view our progress here.
While we’re underway we’ll try to get a few posts together describing the difficulties we’ve encountered over the last month. Needless to say, everything didn’t go exactly as planned.
Stay tuned, palm trees and tropical fish are in the near future! Don’t worry, we made sure the sunscreen and scuba tanks are packed away safely.
And don’t forget to follow along at http://svjointventure.com/where-are-we/
Non voyage have fun and God bless!!
Thanks, we’ll see you in the spring when we stop on through, you’ll have to bring the little boat out and we can hang out on the hook.
As I texted your dad, Bon voyage, Happy sails (trails), and May the wind be always at your back–or wherever it needs to be for sailing! Love you all! Mom
Have a wonderful time. We miss you already!
Brad, what kind of boat is that? I hope you and Sabrina have a wonderful time! I didn’t know you were such a serious sailor.
Val Donnelly
We have a 2002 Beneteau 393 (39′ long) I’m pulling together a FAQ page that will describe the boat and what we like about her. (Hint: It has to do with ample head room for me.)
Safe travels! I’m very excited to read about all of your and Sabrina’s adventures!
You and Steve should fly down and join us for some adventures, and be sure to get M/V Bottom’s Up ready for spring cruising on the Bay.
Safe travels! We will miss you guys, and we hope to see you soon.
Thank you, I hope you can make it down this winter, sorry we didn’t have time to see you before we left. At the very least, we’ll see you in the spring for some sailing around the Upper Bay.
Uncle Red and I will be praying that you have a very enjoyable and safe trip. It sounds very exciting and I think you are very wise to do this. You will see a lot and it will be a learning experience that you could not get any other way. Good luck!! Love, Aunt Doris & Uncle Red
Thank you, and Merry Christmas! Hopefully we’ll see you the next time we’re home to visit, although we don’t know when that will be.