Launched - at last!

In the water...finally. We’ll be away before the weekend 😀

Plan A, plan B, plan A2, plan C... and Florence

A quick post to reassure you, dear readers, that Follyfin and her crew are safe and sound. Now we are sheltering in harbour on north shore of Long Island Sound; discretion is the better part of valour! Our original plan to winter the boat in the Chesapeake Bay further south has been well and truly scuppered by Hurricane Florence. From the title of this post, it is clear that plans changed several times as we watched Florence mature into a full-blown hurricane during her progress North from the SW Atlantic. We took advice from Lee - a seasoned sailor who we met on the OCC Rally a month ago and to whom these waters and this NE coast of USA are very familiar. So here we are in his local marina, Captains Cove Seaport.

Ivor duly arrived here from UK last Monday morning expecting to help us sail south to Baltimore and the Chesapeake. Instead he has enjoyed (we hope!) a short overnight sail across the Sound to Port Jefferson and a day out in NYC yesterday when we met with Warren for lunch. The silver lining to Florence, for us anyway, is that we get to spend some more time with Warren and family, and see our friends Lee and Deborah whose local knowledge is invaluable. Next week we will be fully occupied with winterising Follyfin.