Day 274, Year 11: Launching a New Era
Date: Friday, July 22, 2016
Weather: Mostly Sunny Day with Lots of Wind; High 82 degrees F
Location: At Home in The Studio #8, Falmouth, MA
The paperwork has been signed, sealed, and delivered, transferring ownership of Windbird. Congratulations to Sam and Dawn Weigel! The ‘Voyage of Windbird’ will continue with new owners. We couldn’t be happier for Windbird and for Sam and Dawn, but this leaves a huge void in our lives. At the same time, this void gives us the opening for launching a whole new era. We have owned Windbird for 15 years and lived aboard her for almost 13 of those years. In 2005, we started on our voyage around the world. I wrote my first log on Tuesday, October 18, 2005, which is the day we left Boston Harbor. Since then we have traveled the world, met incredible people, and seen things we never dreamed of seeing. According to the stats on my website, I have written 3,524 logs, detailing our adventures. We have no idea what this new era will bring, but we are ready to launch. I do know the first adventure is to unpack all of the boxes and bins that arrived from Windbird yesterday. Once we get all of that sorted out we can start to focus on next steps. I’m probably going to continue writing the log, but I will need to give the website a new look and a new name. If you have suggestions, please send them our way
