Offshore

Brian and Randy left late last night, for a three-to-four day sail to North Carolina. Equipped with a newly-aquired life raft, a rented Satellite phone, some groceries, and heavy weather gear, they started off at night and will plan to take turns sailing and sleeping on a 4-hour rotating schedule.

Brian called this morning, letting me know they are off the coast of Delaware, tired, but doing well overall. Wind is at their backs, 15 to 20 knots. Waves are lower than expected. They plan to "tuck in" to the Intercoastal Waterway tomorrow morning to avoid some heavier weather moving in this weekend. He plans to call daily with updates.

Randy's wife, Hope, helped me to put things into perspective this morning. We talked on the phone and she told me she is familiar with this time of waiting while her husband is underway. Once she waited 13 days to hear from Randy when he was delivering their boat to Puerto Rico! To me, it feels so long to wait until tomorrow. What an adventure...

Work is helping me stay distracted, the girls at happily playing at Omi's house today, then we plan to have some "girls time" this weekend the 3 of us.