For the last couple months, we've tried hard to get the boat and ourselves ready to travel. We began provisioning a month ago (to spread out the costs of doing so), and making detailed trip plans during the past 2 weeks. But there's always the last minute things that pop up. For us, we're still trying to stop the water leaks into our chain locker by re-bedding & caulking most everything around the anchor windlass on deck. We caulked some fiberglass joints yesterday that apparently had never been caulked since one of the previous owners installed the windlass. When the rains come again this evening, we'll see how well we've fixed things so far. Still need to remove the windlass itself & re-bed it, but we'll have to do that when we stop somewhere for a couple days. The anchor system & ground tackle are usable, which is good, because we plan to anchor 60% of the nites during our first leg.
Still learning this blog thing, but it seems like the way to record our experiences. Friends & neighbors, in-laws & out-laws, can access the information as they wish to see where in the world Sue & Jim are.
