Sailing Miles

NOT the Miami dolphins. Atlantic spotted dolphins, we think. They didn't actually introduce themselves. Our first day two-handing our boat went well. A few challenges, but that comes with the territory. We were thrilled with our choice of weather windows, and we made better time than we anticipated. Click here to see a You Tube Video of our dolphin day.

Our second day was also amazing. After we took the time to look up the weather, the tides, and picked out our "A", "B", and "C" anchorage plans, we got a bit of a late start, and ended up at our "B" anchorage, in Johnson Creek GA. We saw dolphins again, and began playing with different sail configurations. What we DON'T know still amazes us. Our anchorage helped us learn about our boat. As we have observed since then also, our deep keel make us current-bound, instead of wind-bound. We often are facing a different direction than anyone else in the anchorage. That night we had wind blowing 25 mph, with gusts up to 42 mph. The anchorage is also known for fast currents. All this made for little sleep during the night. We were glad that our mentors, Jamie and Behan, had recommended buying a range-finder. We, at least, knew that we were not too close to shore.  We planned out our next day before going...

We had closed on the sale of Miles on October 28. We had several projects to complete before we could start our trip around the world. Of course we needed to move aboard, also. We additionally drove two loads of stuff down from Colorado, visited family and friends, received a safety award, went boating on the Tennessee Driver, quit our jobs, and dyed our hair blue (first time with hair dye for both of us.) Kind of a busy time. By my birthday on December tenth, it seemed like we could continue working on the boat forever, and not go anywhere. We had heard that it happens to boat owners. Our Buyers Agent, Richard Jordan, mentioned that boatyards are places where dreams go to die. Wow, that's sad. We didn't want that to happen to us! We made a list of the critical safety and operational items we needed to finish before we left, and found that we had completed them. Whoo-Hoo! We could go boating...