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 |
