In Solomons, coming full circle

After a number of delays due to weather, boat problems and life just getting too complicated Kinship is now back at Zahnisers in Solomans Maryland.  This is where we bought her 3 years ago and it seems appropriate to be here, with a full circle complete. 

We are working on the boat, the bottom paint has been renewed and the boat cleaned outside and in. Next week we will get the boot strip redone as it has all but disappeared.  We will also lift the water line a few inches in deference to reality.

We have updated the ad for Kinship and I will be posting details to Craigs list and any other good places I can find.  If you are interested in seeing the boat, just let us know.

Kinship is up for sale

We have posted the listing for Kinship on the website, there is a link in the header or you can click here.

It is a bitter sweet moment for us, the end of this adventure but also the beginning of the next.

Please feel free to share this information with anyone who might be interested. We are offering a small finders fee for an introduction that leads to a sale.  There is a contact from at the bottom of the listing.

 

At a Crossroads

For cruisers in the Caribbean, March is a time for decisions, the hurricane season starts in June and you need time to get out of the way.  Some head south to Grenada, some head east for Europe and some, like us will be heading north back to Canada and the US.

When we decided to try cruising we came up with the idea of a “one year plan”, a way we could have an adventure and see if this is something we want to do for the long term. This March we face the crossroads, do we switch to a long term plan or head home? 

We have decided to head home.  We have enjoyed this adventure, but we are not going to be cruising full-time.  We have found we need a land base and, at moment, we need to be able to deal with life’s curve-balls without the complication of living on the boat.

There are a lot of factors that contributed to this decision; living 7/24 with one person in a small space is not ideal.  Seasickness takes the enjoyment out of the passages.  A close friend with a life limiting diagnosis.  A list, for sure, but more than this, we need space and more variety in our lives than we can get on the boat.

Our plan is to sail back to the Chesapeake by early May and cruise there while we look for a buyer for Kinship.  In the meantime, Kathleen is flying home for a couple of weeks to be with our sick friend and I will be sailing the boat solo back to St Martin from Guadeloupe.

It is sad to be giving up a dream, but we are happy that we had the dream for a year and that we took the chance.  We will treasure the memories with have made.