Switching by a few days doesn't seem like much of a problem except that my friend Roger, and fellow SAGA 43 owner who was going to crew with me on this run, was stuck out west after his Monday (Irene Monday) flight was canceled. By the time he was able to resolve travel issues he wouldn't have been able to get to Rockland until Saturday, just to late for the passage to Mystic with the wind forecast.
With only one day to find a replacement crew, I made a slew of calls to friends with the hope of finding someone who could drop everything and make the run up to Rockland with one day's notice. To ask someone to take off two days from their life at the beginning of a holiday weekend was a tall order.
However, my friend Keith, again, another SAGA owner, was willing to come up from CT and is on board with me now. I should note that Keith had mouth surgery on Tuesday and still was willing to help bring Pandora home.
It's interesting that after making this run for 15 years now, I decided to have just one person join me instead of the usual 2-3 that I have more typically used in the past. My view has changed now that we have spent time with many couples that we have met in the last few years that sail long distances with just the two of them aboard. I guess that if they can sail around the world with two on board, I should be able to make a 1.5 day run with two as well.
Well, no post is complete without a few photos. Here's the sunrise off to the east. It's overcast but will be a nice day.
More to come as we transit the Canal on Friday. Wish me luck. Hopefully, we will have some good whale sightings on this run.
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