Almost Lift Off

It’s been an eventful week in Hampton preparing with the Salty Dawgs for the 1600 nautical miles to Antigua. We’ve attended some awesome seminars like Tips for Safe Passage, Offshore Fishing, Provisioning & Pressure Cooking Offshore, Communications, etc. Caught up with Jeff & Gwynn, who will be coming down to Antigua later this winter. Ran to Walmart, Food Lion, West Marine and other stores repeatedly and received packages from the kid delivery system. Had a diver check out our zincs, propeller, and had two of the greatest friends one could have arrive to help with preparations. Scott & Svea, the former boat owners, came with frozen dinners and ready hands to help with store runs, defrosting and organizing the refrigerator and freezer, insulated the engine riser and helping to get the de-salinator working. On 10/31, we attended presentations by the U.S. Coast Guard, served the boating kids Halloween candy, had our second weather briefing, and enjoyed a pig roast with various Halloween clad creatures. By yesterday, our fearless crew, Doug and Jon arrived and today the weather briefing is suggesting we depart tonight at sunset. Not sure what the captain will decide, but either way, you may not hear from us for a couple weeks! We almost have lift off for our Bon Voyage!!