This is a LOOONNNGGGG post.  It is simply a summary of the daily dispatch emails I was able to send out on our recent passage from Fort Lauderdale to Saint Martin. Bill and I hired Dale Stock to skipper us on our delivery and we had Bill’s friend Matt Silver sail with us.  Dale left us in St. Martin and Matt’s wife Mary flew down to sail with us to Nevis.

To be sure I have lots of little stories and experiences to share in future posts but it will take me some time to do the full download from my head to the computer.  We are at the cottage on Nevis now, and like all seasonal homes there is a LOT of work to do to get the cottage comfortable for living.  As I put this post together I am enjoying the sounds of local donkeys, goats, and evening…