Beginning a New Adventure: October 2019

It has been a while since our last blog.  We tend to only use this format when we are traveling more extensively and anticipate new adventures on the water.  On Friday, October 25, 2019, Kay and I once again pushed off from our home port of Bristol, Rhode Island.  Our goal is to reach the Yucatan area of Mexico by February.  Like most sailing adventures, it is the journey rather than the destination that makes it all worthwhile.

The night before leaving Bristol

In the past we have met new friends, explored new and exciting places, immersed ourselves in different cultures and shared much of it with old friends from home.  We are hoping for new experiences despite the fact that some of the places we will be going are somewhat familiar.  As always, the hardest part is leaving family.  We love our time with our kids and grandchildren, nieces and nephews not to mention my sister and mother.  Hopefully, they will visit and perhaps we will slip home at some point to surprise them.  Regardless, we will be back in New England again in the late Spring for summer in New England.

Here is our tentative itinerary:

Leaving Bristol

• Leave Bristol October 25, 2019
• Block Island
• Cape May
• Chesapeake Bay
• Portsmouth, VA
• Round Cape Hatteras or use ICW if weather requires
• Beaufort, NC
• Charleston, SC (for the month of December)
• January 1 leave Charleston for Florida
• Pick up Tony and Ann on Key Biscayne
• Key West (by Jan. 20)
• Isla Mujeres, Mexico (February and March)
• Begin north from Mexico mid March
• Return to Bristol by end of May

We hope that you will follow our blog and make comments as we progress.  

Thanks for following

Richard and Kay