May 26
Were back in Portland Maine at Dimillos Marina. We splashed the boat last Friday 5/19. Portland Yacht Services boat yard did an outstanding job of decommission and commissioning the boat. They had everything go at the agreed time and completed some key repairs/upgrades that were needed. Unfortunately, one of the repairs was to replace the batteries yet again. For some reason three were toast so we’ll be monitoring them closely. I finally replaced the anchor chain that was probably well overdue. I am jumping onto the Starlink bandwagon and having that installed next week. As part of that, the two domes on the top mast are being removed and the Starlink “dish” will sit on one side. The AIS transceiver was replaced and should be able to find Terrapin on Vessel Finder, yay! They will be installing a new FLIR night vision camera at the same time. My old camera never worked. With all of the crab and lobster traps around here, the FLIR camera is a must if we ever need to move at night.
If all goes to plan, and it never does, we should be starting our 2023 cruising on Sunday June 4th. The plan is to cruise the Maine coast North of Portland and, with luck, get to Halifax and Bras d’Or Lake on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia.
Can’t wait to see more pictures!
Still sitting in Portland, will add more as soon as we get off the dock. Hopefully tomorrow!
Hi Jim!
David sent me your link a while back and I read through your blog. Incredible adventure / retirement you are on. Your pictures probably don’t do justice to what you’re seeing. Makes me very happy for you.
I am well and just moving through life. Doug and I have 5 grandkids that absorb our time. So glad I’m getting to experience them. We just got back from 3 weeks in Kenya. Our safari trip was incredible. I was looking at Hexsure’s website and it made me think of you.
Hope all is well with you. Take care.
Susan
Great to hear from you Susan. An African safari sounds like fun. Maybe I’ll try the once the boat thing has worn off.