Sun of a Sailor Goes Cruising

For those of you who still look at my blog posts I'd like you to hum the old Beatles tune - 'I Get by with a Little Help from my Friends'.  You'll see why as you read on...  Really - just keep humming the song... A quick recap.  I left the boat in Hilton Head, SC over the holidays.  I returned and cruised to Savannah where Janet joined me for a great time together. When she left I headed south from Savannah and lo and behold - I broke down again !!! Remember this guy... That's my transmission which broke down back in late October.  I was on the Chesapeake Bay at the time and it took about a week and a half of down time to get repairs made and get up and running again.  Well I guess if lightning can strike twice in the same place - a transmission can fail twice within 100 hours of use...  It shouldn't happen - I don't know why it happened - but it did happen. Luckily for me I was heading in at the end of the day when this happened and...

Before I resume my blog and fill you in on the continuation of the trip I must digress to the holidays... First of all cheers to all!  Janet and I hoist a glass and toast to you and hope you had a great holiday and enjoy a wonderful year ahead... I left the boat in Hilton Head SC and headed home to enjoy the holidays with family.  It was a great tine seeing everyone and enjoying good food and good company...  The highlight of the holiday was not just meeting the newest member of the family -  Chris and Chris' son John Tyler...  but even better was watching mom get a chance to meet him and hold him!!!  After what mom went through a few weeks ago it is a miracle that this moment came to be... Mom and JT!!! Anyways - after all the holiday hub-bub settled down I returned to the boat in Hilton Head and got going again. But first I had to have Dobbs go up the mast and fix one of my navigation lights...  Thanks Dobbs!! The stretch of...