Departure Day

Here we are at Ocean Yacht Marina in Portsmouth, Virginia waiting for departure day.  Truth be told we have not just been sitting and waiting - we have had long, long "To Do" lists that we work through every day.  One of those projects was replacing the "head" - which is the commode for you land lubbers.  That ate up about two weeks of our time. 
We removed all the items that cause issues: hoses, pumps etc...  Now we have a composting head.  Sounds a little gross - but no more so than carrying around a holding tank.  So far, so good.  Best part about it is that it will always work and we will not have to deal with plumbing issues again!!  

Working on platform for the new head

 Our departure day was supposed to be May 4th but since we are the only ARC boat in the marina we will just catch up with the ARC when we reach Bermuda.  Our crew arrives tomorrow and it looks as if we may depart on Monday rather than Saturday.  There is a front rolling through right now and it should be moving out by Monday.  That will give us enough time to make it across the Gulf Stream without any storms and the wind in the right direction.  The weather has been crazy - one storm system after another.  We see maybe two days of calm weather and then it starts again. So... when we get a window we are leaving!  Next post from beautiful Bermuda!!