So, we have been busy over the past few months. Howard returned to the U.S. in mid-February to frigid weather to sort out our years of accumulating way too much “stuff”, off-loading about half of it either by selling or donating to charity and placing the remainder into a storage unit. The house sale finally went through on March 31st….. Yippee!! Meanwhile I (Hope) continued to work up until April 3rd. Fortunately we have some very kind friends who put first Howard, then both of us up and made us feel quite at home while we tied up the last few ends. Thank you ET and Joanne! We spent our last few days before departing for the BVI with Sonia in Philadelphia, well at least the evenings anyway. We were busy trying to ready the CS40 for a land survey and a sea trial (this coming Tuesday) for a prospective buyer …. Keep your fingers crossed for us, please.
We arrived here in the BVI yesterday. Boat is a bit dusty and has a good bit of weed on the bottom but otherwise seems to have survived our absence quite well. We have started to plan our first trip to the Spanish Virgin Islands with 2 other boats, picking up our crew (Steve) from St. Thomas on Sunday, all being well.
Check back soon. Hopefully we’ll keep the website updated with our travels.
3 Comments
Ruth and Nick
Great to know you two are on course to follow your dreams on “Second Wind”. So glad to know she is in good condition apart from requiring a bit of a clean up underneath. Brilliant news about the other boat. Will definitely keep fingers crossed on Tuesday. So…we look forward to the odd blog as you sail off into the sunset towards the Spanish BVI..
Lol Ruth and Nick xoxox
Redundant Crew
Fantastic news! We are so pleased you are on your way, and will look forward to sneaking on board again sometime, somewhere. Meanwhile, we will be stalking you via AIS on Marine Traffic, jealously imagining the wonderful time you will be having, with Cuban Yoyos in one hand and a Painkiller in the other. Keep fishing 🙂
Bon Voyage !!!
Karen and William
Clay and Robin
Glad to hear the loose ends (house and boat) are working out and you are together adventuring again. Enjoy reading your blog and looking forward to future posts.
Robin and Clay