Day 341, Thursday, May 29th

Day 341, Thursday, May 29th

We wake up for the last time aboard Jazzebelle.  The reality that we have achieved our year of sailing is slowly surfacing.  We are very proud that we were brave enough to leave our jobs and head out on a lifestyle not quite as luxurious as we were used to, more stressful, and far away from our friends and family to discover what life aboard a sailboat would be like.  The trip has met our expectations, lots of downtime, but more highs and lows than our “normal” life.

One thing for sure is friendships are numerous and strong in this nomadic life.

Tim the broker meets us at our boat to review the boat itself and provide some advice on how to best leave her so she is appealing, clean and well aired out.  After the meeting Tim gives Dawson a ride to pickup our u-haul as we have a pile of stuff loaded under the boat, as well as the load at the Sitler’s house.  Amazing how much stuff we have.  We may not have fit it all into a cargo van.  The u-haul rental establishment only had a 10 cubic foot truck as its smallest self drive vehicle but we know we will be able to fit everything it in.

Funny how the beginning of this trip started with a u-haul full of Toronto stuff heading up to Lively, and now it is a truck full of stuff moving up to Lively again.

Dawson spends a couple hours coordinating a few minor repairs as well as changing out the bow navigation lights and changing the thruhull fitting for the watermaker.  We decided to hire a company also to compound and wax the hull.  We are tired of cleaning!  Time to go home.  We thought we would do it but when you realize all our buffers and rotors, electric extension cords, and ladders are not on the boat, it makes sense to pay someone to do it.

By late afternoon we check Yachtworld and see that Jazzebelle is listed now.  She looks great.  Hopefull she sells quickly.  It will be much easier that way.
 
http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1998/Caliber-40-LRC-2725342/Annapolis/MD/United-States#.U40q13JdWAg

We head off for a Thai dinner at a restaurant recommended to us by Lynn and Ian from Windward, and they are correct, it was excellent. 

Cole and Alexandra before bedtime!

Tonight we are spending the night on shore in a house.  Sleeping in a real bed at the Sitler’s.  We get to their house around 7:00 but Laura is not there yet.  We knew that Brad had left teh country to go to Scotland, but Laura had thought she would be home by 6:30.  We spend the time organizing the back of the truck and before long, Laura and the kids arrived.  Dawson spent the rest of the night loading the truck with the rest of our stuff out of their garage, and Julie got to visit with the kids.  First it was dolly, then Julie got to read bedtime stories.  A nice change from King’s cribbage.

Cheers

Julie and Dawson