Aaahhhh…

Well we are at our first stop, Palm Beach, FL and are about to embark on our journey. I know its been a while since I posted here but things have been pretty crazy around here since we got to St Augustine

Giles McCoy quickly acclimated to the salty dog lifestyle en route from St Augustine to Palm Beach.

and got hauled out, not to mention loading the moving truck to ship the rest of our supplies to Miami temporarily. So much to do so little time! Long days and evenings have lead to us completing the repairs necessary to make our girl seaworthy and cleaning up the rest of the quirks in the running systems in order to be on our way. Thanks to Sea Recovery,we now have a 450 gallon a day potable water maker, and thank you to Polaris Marine in St Augustine, we now have a solid running 15Kw generator that keeps our systems powered when we need it and Xantrax generously donated a power inverter that gets us through the night with ease.

Nearly 30 days out of the water and we were back in again, functional and ready to go within about a week after loading our lumber which we will use to construct an orphanage and schoolhouse in Petit-Goave, Haiti. We have thousands of pounds of medical supplies also secured on board which we will use to help resupply clinics there and we will perform in the first clinic along our endeavor. The trip I was expecting is finally beginning as I watch the sunset over the ocean every night and smell the salty air coming from the wind blowing over the clear water and all the life in it 8 feet below me.

Sunset from our mooring in Lake Worth Inlet

Somehow already I know that my expectations will be far exceeded. A part of me I left in St Augustine, but with the sun on our faces and the wind at our backs, life could be worse. May the winds of destiny carry us aloft to dance with the stars.