Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Going home!
May and November are the best times of the year to sail in Florida and the Bahamas, or so we have been told. The cold fronts have melted away, the winds have swung around to the south, and the locals are preparing to set sail into the waveless, windless, clear and untroubled blue yonder! While we.....we have said our farewells to our lovely 'Southern Vectis', and tomorrow (May 6) will fly home to Toronto.
Today the temperature has been over 90F - the hottest day yet.
But Toronto temperatures are not far behind we are told - in the respectable mid-70s! Shall we travel back in shorts and flip flops, or our heavy jeans and sweat shirts? We'll make the decision once we get our 5:15 a.m. wake up call!
The past week has been idyllic. We met up with some great people during our time on a mooring at 'Sunset Bay' in Stuart: Valerie and Ross from Toronto, who also, like us, keep two boats - one at the Toronto Island Marina and one down south. We also met Roma and Martin from.........the Isle of Wight... on their boat 'Apple'. They have sailed across the Atlantic and around the Caribbean, and are preparing for the trip home via the Azores. We hope to see them when we go the Isle of Wight this summer.
So that's it from the sunny south. We've had a wonderful time seeing new places and meeting new faces.... but it will be good to be home once again with all the dear familiar faces.
Watch this space though..............same time next year!
Today the temperature has been over 90F - the hottest day yet.
But Toronto temperatures are not far behind we are told - in the respectable mid-70s! Shall we travel back in shorts and flip flops, or our heavy jeans and sweat shirts? We'll make the decision once we get our 5:15 a.m. wake up call!
The past week has been idyllic. We met up with some great people during our time on a mooring at 'Sunset Bay' in Stuart: Valerie and Ross from Toronto, who also, like us, keep two boats - one at the Toronto Island Marina and one down south. We also met Roma and Martin from.........the Isle of Wight... on their boat 'Apple'. They have sailed across the Atlantic and around the Caribbean, and are preparing for the trip home via the Azores. We hope to see them when we go the Isle of Wight this summer.
So that's it from the sunny south. We've had a wonderful time seeing new places and meeting new faces.... but it will be good to be home once again with all the dear familiar faces.
Watch this space though..............same time next year!
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