On this blog site I will try to update my family and friends on my open ended sailing vacation. What am I say by open ended? Well I have not decided at this time how long or short it will be. I have only made short range plans at this time. My plans contain only a hint of a timetable and stops along the way. This is all without any end point in mind.
I have been dreaming about sailing in the warmer climates during winter for over thirty years and now I am about to start heading in that direction. My intension is to sail in the waters of Florida and the Bahamas from November 2007 to May 2008. I will be visiting friends in Florida all along both coasts including the Keys. Also I would like to be in Honduras in mid April to meet up with my church group who will be doing a mission trip for a week in Tegucigalpa Honduras.
To get there I will depart Chicago Illinois around the second week of July and sail towards Green Bay Door County and then on to Canada's North Channel. These are some spectacular cruising grounds in the Great Lakes that I want to see again. Then on to the Erie Canal and Chesapeake Bay with a stop in New York for a visit. This is an over simplified route that will have many stops and side trips I'm sure.
I have been dreaming about sailing in the warmer climates during winter for over thirty years and now I am about to start heading in that direction. My intension is to sail in the waters of Florida and the Bahamas from November 2007 to May 2008. I will be visiting friends in Florida all along both coasts including the Keys. Also I would like to be in Honduras in mid April to meet up with my church group who will be doing a mission trip for a week in Tegucigalpa Honduras.
To get there I will depart Chicago Illinois around the second week of July and sail towards Green Bay Door County and then on to Canada's North Channel. These are some spectacular cruising grounds in the Great Lakes that I want to see again. Then on to the Erie Canal and Chesapeake Bay with a stop in New York for a visit. This is an over simplified route that will have many stops and side trips I'm sure.
