04/25/2009, 18 20'N:64 57'W, Crown Bay Marina St. Thomas, USVI
I now have two Lilies on boad, one wind vane and one real live crew, and a Maine woman. I met her at a bar here in St. Thomas with her mother and her sister and Jake Gerritsen who introduced me to her. She is also the daughter of my cardiologist and hockey foe, Ralph Hamill. We hope to leave today, Saturday April 25th and head to Bermuda. It will be the first offshore experience for one Lily and just another passage for the other Lilly. We will try to keep you posted.
You might be wondering who the heck I am... And I'm sort of wondering what the heck I'm doing here. It has all been a matter of chance and coincidence, all that 'being in the right place at the right time' stuff. I never expected to cancel my flight home and hop on a boat to Bermuda, but that's just what I've done! I can definitely say after the quick sail yesterday, Flash of Beauty is certainly a few years a head of the sail boat I'm used to cruising on in Penobscot Bay. I'm looking forward to learning everything Tom is willing to teach me- this is certainly going to be an adventure!
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You rock ! Have a great trip AND be wild !
Denny
04/16/2009, 34 50'N:66 44'W,
We are one day out from Bermuda. It is dark, raining, windy, and lumpy. We are beam reaching towards the gulf stream's southern wall, and we hope to reach it tomorrow night. Jeff is searching for his sea legs, and I am on the wonder drug from Bermuda. No not Goslings but Stugeron, a motion sickness medicine available over the counter in Bermuda but not approved in the US.We are heading to Newport as Maine just looks too cold.
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04/14/2009, N 'N:W 'E, Bermuda
Jeff Kuller from Camden will be joining me tonight to sail the last leg to Camden. We hope to leave Thursday morning if all goes well. I am having trouble with the most recent blogs showing up in the usual place. They seem to be hidden down on the right hand side of the blog page. Look for "signing off", "florida's finist",and "signs of life" which describe the last part of our passage from St. Thomas to Bermuda. Somehow, the dates got messed up.
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Congrzatulations on your progress. We had not had internet for many weeks and have missed your notes. I remember Lili from 15-20 years ago when she would come to the hospital with Ralph. She now has her sea legs and there will be no stopping her.
Sydney and I are just now preparing Hannah Day for storage in Colon, Panama, and return to Maine tomorrow. We'll have many stories to share over some good rum.
Our wishes for some fine weather on your last leg from Bermuda.
David
