There's a New Boat in Town
There is a new boat. And the yard ain’t givin me past October 15 to get her in. So go in she will, come hell or high water (preferably the latter, say the readers who boat). Welcome to the start of my blog. My partner Tash served the journaling of our adventures well but has decided land lubbering (or, at least, non-ocean sailing) is for her now. And so, your humble servant will scratch paper occasionally to fill in the void. [Cue the classical track Aquarium by Saint-Saens] To set the scene, Will is an aspiring aesthete, desirous of living on salt water and out of doors air. He is musing about whether their Freedom 36 sailboat is the right one to take out in the wide oceans. While bringing Nirvana back to Maine from Florida, a bad/good thing happened in the inlet to Fire Island inlet: the USCG buoy marked channel was 8’ shallower than marked. The bottom came up real quick! 12 hours later our valiant Coast Guard is moving said buoys to better locations as it is ...