Getting Ready for Departure

At our home dock in Robinhood, Georgetown Island, Me.

Stephen Fay joined us early
for our Open Boat.

Boat punch list, how to store food in a small space, what clothes to pack for New England fall to NYC to Bahamian winter, folding bikes storage, leak in dinghy and more. These remain open items but we are getting closer to leaving Maine on October 22nd on our way to the Bahamas.

We invite everyone to our Open Boat Event, from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm on Sunday, October 16th, at Spring Point Marina in South Portland, near Southern Maine Community College.  Call for code and slip number on that Sunday.

[The pictures to the left and below are from the open house and were posted later to this blog.]

Great to see Elaine Runyon, Anne and David Gould, Jim and Sharon Handy
and Caroline and Noah help send us off.  The Gormleys, Geants, Krill/Andrews, Mary Herman and
Whitfields also came by.

  

Spring Point Marina, South Portland

See that little boat in the middle? That's us! First fog of the season, as far as I can tell. Getting all supplies and food stowed. Wine cellar filled. So you didn't think we had room for such a thing? Listening to Hamilton CD non stop. Having dinner tonight in South Portland with daughter Caroline and her bf. Heading out in the am, weather permitting. Will high tail it to NYC and  warmer climes, so maybe some long days at the beginning of our voyage.  Working on figuring out how to allow comments on our blog. Thanks to all for the kind words and great send off. Looking forward to sharing our adventures here.