What began this morning as an intention to write a full update of the many events since my last blog, has ended this evening with a delving into the memories of the last ten years.
I
wish I could say that my lack of writing is due to lack of time, or
lack of inspiration, but neither would be true. When I discover what is
resulting in months between blogs, I'll let you know.
Life
has nevertheless been busy enough in recent months. I am now boatless, for the first time since beginning this blog in 2007. Yes, I experienced the third happiest day that
can happen in a boat owners life: the day you sell the boat for the
second time. Annie Laurie is now in the hands of a couple of
ambitious young women in Maine, ready for a new life in the Midcoast.
Letting go the second time was much easier, but still bittersweet. While a sailboat
can sometimes provide the ultimate freedom, with my new direction in life as
an aviator, she had became a hindrance. I know she's in good hands now, and I wish the new owners as
many years of happy sailing and adventures as I was able to have.
Below are some memories, placed in no particular order, except the final shot. Full update coming in the next couple of days.
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Cuba 2008 |
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Lunenburg 2007 |
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Bound for Second Peninsula 2007 |
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Carving her nameboard at the Dory Shop, rainy week March 2007 |
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New crewmate, Effie. Lunenburg 2007 |
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Lunenburg 2007 |
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September Classic, Lunenburg 2007 |
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Lunenburg, Cuba departure imminent, October 2007 |
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P-Town, Cape Cod, November 2007 |
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Dean's dock, Eastern Points 2006 |
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The one and only Ed Sturgeon |
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Block Island, November 2007 |
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Cold morning approaching Block Island, November 2007 |
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Ben and I, Great Bridge Lock 2007 |
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Tide's out at Westergard's, southern Nova Scotia, 2007 |
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Southbound in the Carolinas, 2007 |
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First winter living aboard, Dartmouth 2006 |
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Christmas in St Augustine 2007 |
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Sister Katie, Miami, January 2008 |
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Hawkes Channel, Florida Keys, January 2008 |
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Early morning crossing, Key West to Cuba, February 2008 |
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Good thing I was home today |
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Cuba |
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At anchor, somewhere in Cuba 2008 |
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Somebody had to steer us from Mexico to Key West |
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Carving homeport, Isla Mujeres, Mexico, 2008 |
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Katie and Wyatt, first coastal sail 2006 |
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Concentrating |
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Haulout in Florida Keys, 2008 |
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Florida Keys, July 2008 |
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No Name Harbor, Miami, July 2008 |
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One of Effie's Key West love children, born en route to Alaska, Aug 2008 |
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Effie worried about Mom |
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Exumas, I think, 2009 |
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Creative time in the Bahamas, 2009 |
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Highbourne Cay, Bahamas, 2009 |
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Somewhere in the Abacos |
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Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas, before the waterspouts, May 2009 |
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Effie thinking she may need to cut back | | | | | | |
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Skimming the sand, east of Cat Cay, Bahamas, May 2009 |
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Dad in his element (who knew?) Effie still minding the compass, July 2009 |
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Dad and Effie, watching the ICW go by, July 2009 |
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Dad at the Great Bridge Lock, Virginia |
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Another beautiful sunset at sea. Or sunrise. |
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, Autumn 2010 |
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Allans Cay, Bahamas, 2009 |
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North Coast of Cuba, 2008 |
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Southbound Jersey Coast, 2010 |
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Hells Gate, East River, 2010 |
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12th Ave Bridge, Miami River, 2013 |
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Happily divorced, South Fork Miami River, 2014 |
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West Palm Beach, June 2015, with Daniel aboard Conchflyer |
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Motoring up the ICW, Florida to Maine voyage, spring 2016 |
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Arrival in Camden, Maine after trip from Ft Lauderdale, June 2016 |
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Scituate, Massachusetts. The calm after the storm that broke my hand. Autumn 2010 |
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Belfast, Maine June 2016 |
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Rowing Effie away from Annie Laurie for the last time, Camden October 2016 |
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My last photo of Annie Laurie, Rockland, Maine, Spring 2017 |