Sailing with Senara

We decided to take a time out. Our girls are grown up, we have saved up some money, we have been working pretty hard for 25 years, and we want to get off the merry-go-round and go sailing for a while. P quit his job, K took a year long leave of absence, and together we set sail on an adventure from Hampton Roads up the Chesapeake Bay, up the coast to Nantucket. Then back south to Florida, up and down the keys a few times, and out to the Dry Tortugas. We set sail from our creek on the morning of July 9, 2008 and returned home May 31, 2009. We logged 1,862 nautical miles on the northern leg, and 3,120 on the southern leg for a total of 4,982 nautical miles - many of them in the wrong direction. Upon returning home, we raced Senara a few times, and spend part of each summer cruising the Chesapeake Bay. This blog is a continuing chronicle of our sailing experiences. Whenever something unexpected happens aboard Senara (which is almost all the time) someone hollers "WHAT ARE WE DOIN'?" Well, that remains a good question.