The time of the year is upon us when snowbirds such as
ourselves journey through the Erie Canal and south along the east coast to a
warmer climate aboard their floating homes.
You may have been wondering, “Why haven’t I heard from Jerry and
Karen? What are their plans for the
winter? How is Jerry’s health?” Jerry is doing well, trying to do as many
things as he used to but learning to scale back, walking as much as he
can, and he is not scheduled to see the
doctor again until next June. Persephone
is high and dry at Callahan’s Marina on Oneida Lake. After
a summer of cleaning out and cleaning up and advertising Persephone for
sale she awaits a new owner. (If you
know of anyone looking for a cruising sailboat, let us know.) And our favorite response to what our winter plans
are: ”Gypsies don’t make plans.” We
really didn’t know what we would do this winter until just last week.
Options: 1. Our friend
Jerry Luh had been looking at a catamaran all summer. If he bought it we promised we would help him
bring it home. 2. Our friends Ryan and Kari
were hoping we would come aboard “Valkyrie” and sail to the Caribbean with them
this winter. 3. We always have my
little trawler on a trailer to take to FL to travel (but we’d have to come up
with a truck – we sold our truck this summer).
It seemed that the catamaran deal was not going to happen, so we were
packing the car last Monday to drive to Ryan and Kari’s in Deltaville, VA with our gear. That’s when Jerry Luh called and said, “I
bought the boat!” The catamaran that
Jerry Luh is buying happens to be in Tenerife in the Canary Islands. We will be flying to Tenerife on 11/13 and
preparing Jerry’s new boat for a sail from the Canary Islands to North Carolina
via the Virgin Islands and Bahamas.
We’ll be taking the route of the explorers – sailing downwind. The gypsies now have a plan. I will do the best I can to keep in touch.
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