Despite the cold and wind, I am already nostalgic for Zahnisher's. It has been Raconteur's happy home and our much loved weekend getaway since June of 2006, and we couldn't have picked a better place. We may be back next summer and fall, but who knows?
So, the first leg of the journey south begins in two weeks. Our friend Melinda will bring us down to the boat on Halloween Friday, and, the sailing gods permitting, we will take a few day to sail from here to the mouth of the Chesapeake, and then into the Intracoastal. We have to return to the client in DC on 1 December for a bit more work, so we are hoping to be at our home port, just south of the Sunrise Bridge in Ft Lauderdale, by JP's birthday for a late Thanksgiving.
After we finish with the client, the first week of March or so, we will take four months to sail the Bahamas. If the client wants us back, as they now say they do, we'll come back north in mid/late July, and perhaps (continue to) live aboard while we work in DC. If in the end we don't come back to work here, then we will probably continue our sabbatical, sailing south to the Caribbean, dodging hurricanes.
I'm trying to post a photo of Raconteur, but not succeeding so far...on a cell tower based connection, so we'll see if I can figure it out.
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Looking foward to your sailing blog! May the wind be at your back and the sun shine upon your face! Love, D
Creating this blog was a great idea. I'll be following your travels south and hoping for your return to DC next summer...The prospect of working with you guys again is the BIG reason I'm considering living so far away from the mountatins...And you know how hard that is for me:)
I'll see you in Rosslyn on the 28th and I'm looking forward to having dinner with you.
Take care, Steve
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