Hurricane Dorian has passed by. Hopefully that’s it for giant storms. We have around a week left until departure.

The outboard motor is back in working order. I recently had some riggers (Rigging Solutions) up the mast to fix our main VHF radio. All systems go.

Catalpa is sitting low on her waterline due to all the canned food and other various sundries I loaded in. I know we’ll have access to plenty of grocery stores along the route but we figured it would make life easier.It’s been a lot of work getting ready for this trip. It will be a relief to actually cast off the lines and head out of Padanaram. The temps have been dropping around here in the evening.