Finally a Beautiful day to Sail!
28 February 2022 | La Rochelle
Steven Cowart
After weeks of cold wet weather and spending days buried deep in the boat running wires and working, we finally had some warmer pleasant weather. With high temps in the 50's and the sun shining we set sail. Cheryl & Joel are here in France as well as Garrett Lucas and the 5 of us set out just before lunch. With light winds and abundant sunshine it was fantastic. With the enclosed helm and cockpit it was warm and pleasant aboard. We were able to test all of the sails and systems and just had a great relaxing afternoon. Docking in the huge marina was very easy and overall I ended up extremely pleased with how the boat handled and the entire setup.
We still have a fair amount of work to do, but we are still hoping to be prepared to depart for the Med by the end of March. I have not been posting much as the progress has been slow and boring, but things are starting to get wrapped up and Spring is in the air. We hope to be going out much more as the weather allows and we will try to get more posts and pictures up. As always we appreciate the thoughtful comments and appreciate everyone. We love and miss you all!