September 13th- Dartmouth, MA

A ballpark figure for our departure date is September 15th. We had a perfect weather window last week but I just couldn’t make it happen for various reasons. It’s looking more like the 15th or 16th now. We were supposed to have moved onto Evergreen but the severe drought we’ve been having has ended and it has been raining buckets for the last couple of days. Frustration is starting to set in. The Captain is getting a little batty.

Evergreen is mostly loaded up and is ready to go. The fresh and frozen food will go on the boat with us.

Evergreen’s salon a week ago. A disorganized mess.

There have been a bunch of last minute boat projects to complete. Our autopilot was acting diabolical. Some detective work, wiring, and the addition of a remote on the helm, seems to have tamed the situation. We also figured out our thermal coffee mugs have magnets in the lids. Autopilots and compasses both are affected by magnets. We both drink coffee or tea while sailing. We acquired new mugs.

Lynne has sewn new windows on the dodger. She has also purchased a titanic amount of groceries. Groceries are available along the way but we think it’s better to stock up on the staples so we’re not lugging around canned food and cases of beer/wine.

It wasn’t all work. We did get out on a bunch of fun sails last summer.

When the weather clears we’ll get out on Evergreen and get the show on the road!