Bon Voyage Party Extraordinaire

Wasn't It a Party

Our friends at Westport Marina threw one heck of a party on Sunday.  This beautiful plaque is now posted above the bar in our salon on Q's End.  We will treasure it always. 

The party started early and after numerous toasts (ie. 2 bottles worth) of Grand Marnier and a fabulous BBQ with birthday boy (ie. the BIG 60 ) chef Sir Charles, 13 of the 27 party goers came aboard Q to escape the mosquitoes.  It was a great afternoon; the salads were superb, the drinks plentiful, and the company great.  Linda and I will miss this bunch.

The party only resulted in a minor setback for us this morning(unlike the Mayor of Westport who acquired a suspicious flu bug).  Today,we acquired a new US satellite receiver and have it hooked up to our VuQube sat dish.  It is currently downloading information onto our system, hopefully.   On Saturday, the install of our new autopilot went well.  There is only a small problem in obtaining a discontinued NMEA connector for my Raymarine chartplotter but I have already found a workaround if need be.  Regardless the autopilot works in pilot mode and will steer the boat in the direction that I point it.  Finally, some relief for the Captain when underway.

The house stuff is proceeding as well.  With any luck, we can move onboard come Wednesday or Thursday and shut the condo down.  We are still looking at departing on Sunday but I have yet to see the long range forecast. 

It was a great weekend.  

" The Destination holds very little for the voyage is everything. "