Galveston, Texas: Lat 29: 19.121, Lon 094: 46.714
The bon voyage party at HSH Yachts was great. Lots of
friends, colleagues and well wishers turned up. Melos
looked great, everyone at HSH Yachts worked hard and Janet and I became
exhausted talking with everyone. Thank you all for coming to send us on our
way. I had hoped to scan our guest log and add it here but for some reason the
copier was not scanning when I tried and then I ran out of time.
Yesterday was our set departure date. We were up early
getting everything ready at the house for our friends who are staying there,
then our neigbour, Susan, took us down to Melos
with our last load of gear as we were leaving our vehicle in the garage. That
was at 10:00am and I expected to be ready to leave by noon. The wind was out of
the north and it was a good omen for our departure. We eventually left at
1:20pm with neigbours Susan and Charlie and friends Dan and Susan waving us
off. We topped up our fuel at Three Amigos and were off.
About half way down the Houston Ship Channel towards Galveston I realized how
tired I was and how there were still a number of important items we needed to
complete. So, with some reluctance, we agreed we should put in at Galveston and
spent the night here at the Yacht Basin. Last night we cleaned the knot log
impellor, programmed the Simrad AIS with our MMSI number, programmed the VHF
radio with our MMSI number, calibrated the autopilot and worked on the compass
light and, not least the head (toilet).
It is now 4:00am. This morning I really want to get the head
operational, fix the compass light and then head out, hopefully by mid morning.
We’ll see if we make more than 25 miles today!
Jeremy
