Southbound I
It’s cold here already. I’m going south soon. Lots to do. My feet are cold. Fried my batteries, by leaving the reefer on while I went away for 5 days. I thought my 80w panel would keep up with it. We had clear sunny skies everyday. Not so much. I got back to a house bank at 10.7 volts. NG. I reckon either my Isotherm needs some maintenance or my icebox insulation is rotten/waterlogged. I’m trying to resuscitate my batteries now by running the Yanmar alot. Loud.
Plans are shaping up for a late September departure from Vineyard Haven. I have a a bunch of friends I’d like to see along the way… along the East Coast. So it’ll be a bunch of short hops, with rest and work in between. And of course dodging autumn gales and hurricanes.
First stop will be in Stony Brook Harbor to see Mom’s Memorial at the Rose Garden of the Knox School… my alma mater, and home for the first 21 years of my life. While there, Devia has planned a reunion. After that… well I can’t plan that far ahead, so I’ll just have to wing it. Sailing, planning and schedules just don’t play well together.
Here’s some potential stops along the way to the unknown destination of the winter… if there is any destination at all.
Well I envy ya, headin south. How did ya fair from the little storm we had today? I lost a 6″ piece of teak, guess my line I use to pull the boat closer to the dock, popped out of the chock and with all the bouncing and throwing about for a day ripped it out… oh well another job heh.
Ben:
When planning a passage, I always think of the lines from one of Gordon Bok’s songs, “Arrange your days around the wind and call the tide your master.” I am hoping we can rendezvous with Elizabeth when you are in the Chesapeake. Sorry to learn about the batteries. We know the waters from Cape May, through the C&D and down to the Rappahannock River in the Chesapeake.
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