On the Chesapeake

Well here we are on Chesapeake Bay for the first time since we actually own the boat, and guess what? It's snowing -- can you tell?

Oh well, we're at the Chesapeake Beach Inn after two days drive from Pensacola. (Thanks to Todd for house sitting!)

Tomorow we go to the boat and unload the Tahoe.

Tentative Schedule

The tentative sailing schedule of Monarch includes a week long cruise in the Chesapeake Bay with Marco and Virginia White in late April, followed by a departure during the first week of May.

Up the Jersey Coast, New York Harbor, spending a night below the Statue of Liberty then up the Hudson River.

We will enter the Erie Canal at Troy, NY, and plan to leave the boat in Syracuse, NY from June 15 until July 1 while we make a trip back to Pensacola.

After leaving Syracuse we will proceed up the Oswego Canal to Lake Ontario. We may make a short foray down the St. Lawrence River. Our course will then be westward through the Trent-Severn Waterway and points beyond.

What is the Great Loop

Gail and I keep telling people we are going to do part of the "Great Loop," and they ask "what is the Great Loop." Well, here it is.

In May we will be starting from Deale MD and heading counter clockwise around the loop ending up back in Pensacola sometime around Thanksgiving.

Saturday, 17 February we will drive to Deale to take some of the huge pile of things we have set aside for the boat, and supervise the installation of some electrical equipment we have ordered.

We plan to return on Thursday the 22nd.

Added Picture

I've added a picture of Whimsy so all can see what the new boat looks like. It will soon be "Monarch."

First Post

This is the first entry in the Monarch's log. She should become ours today. She is on the hard in Deale MD and we are trying to coordinate the changes we want to make from here. Should splash on Apr 15, and planning to start loop on May 1.