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| This map shows the ideal season to cruise each section of the Loop. Green is for Spring Red is for Summer Blue is for Fall/Winter |
As you can see on the map, our direction of travel is based on the seasons and weather fronts. Mother Nature rules and Safety First prevails. Ross & I (he's the Captain and I'm the Admiral) agree about this, especially after reading many a book and blog about others' experiences, and hearing of their regrets after making poor decisions. Not the kind of risks and adventures we are signing up for.
We do plan to divert from our course from time to time as we see fit. We enjoy going off the beaten path and have vowed not to rush through this like we're on our way home from work. I want to see and feel and taste it all!
We will leave NYC in January and prep The Zone, currently located in Hollywood Florida. We'll need some time to re-organize, stock-up and get used to living on the boat. If we don't kill each other or sink the boat by March 1st, we set sail (well, get motoring) heading North, and away we'll go..
Sea Fever
- I MUST go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
- And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
- And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,
- And a gray mist on the sea's face, and a gray dawn breaking.
- I must down go to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
- Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
- And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
- And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
- I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
- To the gull's way and the whale's way, where the wind's like a whetted knife;
- And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
- And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.
Admiral Laura Ross & Captain Ross Perrone - John Masefield
