School & learning 5/26/10

We had two lessons in sailing to different places. The first was with Michael (old guy in the middle) he sails to the Bahamas every year for the last 30 years! He took us through our charts and taught us all we could absorb in 2 hours. Then after that we sat with Dave (seated on the left) he took us through the ICW (Inter Coastal Waterway) From Deltaville to Florida then across the ocean to Bimini. I took so many notes that I hope I can read them and remember somethings later this winter. Oh wait don't think we are going to the bahamas now. Nope we were just taking advantage of their knowledge. We plan to hopefully go to the bahamas this winter after hurricane season ends. (june 1 - Nov 1 is hurricane season)

(This summer we plan to possibly get to Maine.)Now last night we met with Darrell and Nancy to get us from Deltaville up north to Connecticut. (If we ever get out of here). We learned the path through New York harbor, the statue of Liberty and etc... I'm not too excited about New York except that it will be so big that my mind will not be able to comprehend what my eyes are seeing. "in-awe" will be the state of my being. It is Ben's dream to sail through New York as many of our ancestors did.

It is amazing to have so many people willing to sit down with you and pour over chart after chart and give to us their wisdom and insight. They all will warn you about certain areas we should avoid, certain kinds of tides and currents to watch out for. Some times I think, "wow, I can't believe all the great stories. I can't believe they did it. Wait a minute we will be doing that someday too." Everyone we meet that looks at our boat will say, "you have a fine boat to get you where you want to go."

There you have it for today. and look I'm on a roll for blogging. I have a list of things to get started on. Many smiles to you all! Pam