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Dawn in Salem, MA at Fred Dion's Yacht Yard. 'Little Wing' is still on the highway and will be here sometime today. | |
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| New England before sunrise with the fog rolling in from the sea. |
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Little Wing is in the water!!!!! It won't be long now. Jean and the rest of the crew will be here tomorrow. | |
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| The mast has been stepped and the rigging set up. Only fine tuning and fixing the roller furler is left to do. |
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Low tide and the water is way to cold to go swimming! | |
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| The view from the dock looks like a New England Postcard. |
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You have to own a yacht yard to afford the maintenance on a wooden boat like this classic sailing yacht. | |
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| The crew is lined up and ready to sail. Only a few more tasks before we can sail. |
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Jiann adjusts the spreaders (painted BRIGHT RED) by Tom a few weeks before we sailed. | |
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| Don't laugh, Jiann. Those rubber things will let you use your winches like self tailing winches. Yea, Right. LOL |
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Milner E. Noble was a great help getting 'Little Wing' ready for the trip. | |
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| Milner drove all the way to Salem from his home just to help us get started and to see us off. |
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Inside the boat while we were trying to find places to put everything for 4 crew members and all the food and supplies we'd need for the voyage. | |
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| Jean's daughter, Melody was on hand to see us off too. |
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Tom Barker keeps his Beneteau 35s5 a short distance away from our dock. Tom's also on the Beneteau E-Mail list from Sailnet. | |
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Click on the photo and read the sign before you read the rest of the caption. They must be dangerous in Salem. You know they can hit you with those canes and walkers if you get too close. |
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Bye, everybody! We'll see you on the other side of the pond. | |
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| The Captain and Crew set sail and head East. |
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Fred Dion and his yacht sailing through the harbor toward Blue Water! | |
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| Thanks for the help finding the tide tables, TOM. We sure appreciated all the help. I'll send both you and Milner a copy of this CD. |
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The lighthouse at the entrance to Salem harbor. | |
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| The open ocean. The sky was beautiful and the water cold! I can't wait till we get to the Gulf Stream and warm water. |
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