New Friends

By Dave:

We’ve been meeting a LOT of nice folks in the boatyard, some working on their own boats and others helping them.

There’s Gib Philbrick, the former owner of the Schooner Nathaniel S. Bowditch who has been sailing longer than I’ve been living and who has given us scads of good advice for sailing offshore. Gordon Bok sings a song about an ancestor of his, Job “Threeboot” Philbrick.

There’s Joe, who is working on a Chesapeake Bay Skipjack here and who has sailed to Saint Georges Harbour, Bermuda who gave us a wealth of information about where to dock when we get there and where to find a place to dock in Boston when we get back.

There’s the crew of the Schooner Lazyjack (pictured at right) which sails out of Boothbay who gave us a lot of tips for sailing along the New England Coast and at least three local folks who have even offered to let is use a spare car if we need to.

So much for taciturn, unfriendly unhelpful New England residents; these folks are great!

We’re still hoping that we can find a third hand to sail with us to Bermuda and back. We keep hearing about experienced sailor s who would like some additional sea time. We keep hoping.

We had hoped to use our camera-phones to add pictures to the blog, but until we get to somewhere with image support for our cellphones, that won’t be possible. We may be able to find a way from Bermuda and almost certainly from Glouchester, MA.