This will mostly be an update on Magus, but with a few other
sailing and life mentions. After we got
back to Maine in June 2017, we realized we had been gone for a pretty long time—9 months! It was really good to see Echo on our way back
to Maine, and then Sophi, Travis and the grandkids in Bath. And we enjoyed getting back to our life at
Bliss Woods Farm.
We did some sailing with friends out of South Freeport harbor,
and Albert had the good fortune to sail with his friend Hans on his new project
schooner Actress from Bristol to
Belfast, Maine. It was a glorious
day.
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| Bustin's Island dock (Freeport) |
Our friends Bill and Katie from Annapolis visited for a
weekend with their kayaks, and we did a lot of fun things.
Albert’s brother Andrew, wife, and three of their four mostly grown kids visited for a long weekend.
At the end of the summer,
Jenny’s brother and one sister and all of their kids visited, and we all went
to the Common Ground Fair, run by MOFGA, a great Maine organization.
In the fall, Albert was invited to help his friend David sail his and Nancy’s
boat Grace down to where Magus was on the hard at Zimmerman’s Marine in
Cardinal, VA. There, he would winterize
the boat, since it was not done when we left in the spring. The trip down was great, with some FB posts for
documentation; here are links that may work: first,
next1,
next2,
next3,
next4,
next5,
next6,
next7,
next8.
Our daughter Echo and her boyfriend
Chris drove from Baltimore to take Albert back there for a quick visit and then
a ride to the airport.
The year 2018 was the year of our new German Shepherd puppy,
M’Ocean; see Jenny's FB and other sites for lots of details and photos. We also did some other things of course, including an exciting but unproductive fishing trip in our motor-dinghy with grandchildren Felix and Hazel on the Harraseeket River, also known as South Freeport harbor.
The winter of 2018-19 found Magus still on the hard at
Zimmerman’s Marine in Cardinal, VA.
Albert flew down there in the fall to replace the tarps that had blown
off earlier in one of the not-quite hurricanes, and do a few projects. This time Albert saw his brother Andrew for
one night on the way from the BWI airport to Magus, and Echo on the day before
the plane trip home. It was on the cold
and rainy side, but all the planned projects were completed; possible FB link.
The plan now is to definitely bring Magus back to Maine this
spring, 2019—May 15 to June 15, more or less.
Details still to be worked out…
