Starry Night
1975 Tayana 37
| Vessel Name: | Starry Night |
| Vessel Make/Model: | 1975 Tayana 37 (CT37) |
| Hailing Port: | South Freeport, Maine |
| Crew: | Bob, Jamey, Amanda and Alyssa |
| About: | Bob and Jamey Myron, Amanda Myron (age 9) and Alyssa Myron (age 7) |
| Extra: | Sailing from Durham, Maine to the BVI fall/winter of 2010 |
16 July 2011 | Branford, CT
The gift of time
As we get closer to home, people are starting to ask what the best and worst part of the trip has been.
02 July 2011
Updates
The last 3 blogs were posted after the fact as the sailblogs website was down. I posted them on facebook and was just able to repost here. I also downloaded some photos on facebook which I will copy here when I am able. If you'd like to see the photos on facebook, just search for jamey myron. They're on my site in photos/albums. Thanks to everyone for taking the time to read about our adventures and keep in touch with us. It's good to have a touchstone when drifting around!
02 July 2011 | Solomon's Island, Chesapeake Bay
An Uneventful Day
No big stories today. No water in the boat, lost ground tackle or storms. The boat stayed clean, the kids got along and the weather was beautiful. Not much to write about, but it was amazing to experience. It was perfection. I'm not sure if it's because of or in spite of our recent adventures, but we [...]
02 July 2011 | Norfolk, VA
It takes about 20 seconds
We left Norfolk early this morning in beautiful weather. The seas were flat, winds were calm and almost no traffic in the harbor (which is rare in itself). Things were so calm that Bob had let me sleep. He got up around 6 to get us going. Just outside the harbor, he passed across the channel to head [...]
02 July 2011
Georgetown, SC
We arrived in Georgetown SC today around lunchtime. The scenery here along Winyah Bay is stunning, though we haven’t adjusted to the water color in the states yet. It seems so murky compared to the Bahamas and Caribbean.
30 May 2011 | Charleston, South Carolina
Getting older
Now that we are back in the US, one of the girls' favorite thing to do is call and talk to friends. Being away from friends has been one of the hardest part of this trip for them.
It takes about 20 seconds
Alyssa and I, of course knew nothing about all this as we were blissfully asleep in the V-berth. I was quick to pick up on the facts, though, as huge amounts of water came pouring in the hatches on top of us. The first wave soaked us, water pouring up my nose, and rushing into the cabin. The second wave left us in a pool of water, everything in the V-berth and the front of the boat totally soaked. The whole episode took about 20 seconds.
After realizing that the boat was not sinking, we started the process of cleaning up while underway. We had to totally strip the V-berth of cushions, books, clothes. Our charts that we store under the cushions were soaked, our bedding, pillows, everything was dripping wet. The floors in the cabin were soaked and there was a trail of debris left from the wave of water that had run through the boat (thank goodness for bilge pumps).
Everything was taken up on deck or hung up below to dry out. I wish I had a picture of the whole boat, as I'm sure we looked like a band of gypsies or the Beverly Hillbillies traveling up Chesapeake Bay.
But again, it only takes about 20 seconds to go from uneventful to OMG! Luckily, it was a beautiful day, everything dried out beautifully and it is all just a memory. Can't wait to find out what happens tomorrow.
