Sailing BrainWaves

The gods have been frowning on our voyage.  Zeus sent thunderbolts and wind to destroy St. Maarten.  Poseidon pulled the propeller off my boat.  Triton poked a hole in my dinghy (causing first a water leak, then an air leak.  Mammon (the god of money) wanted to charge me a ridiculous price for a replacement prop. I sought out wisdom from Delphi (in this case Tom Sandison and his diver friend Joe Schwartzfisher) The words from the gods are good today.  We dove and found the prop.  The mainsail is ready to go back on the boat.  The dinghy leaks are fixed.  The canvas repairs are all done.  We found a place to leave our boat in Guadeloupe (at a good price).  Surely the portents have changed and we may depart under fair skies & favorable winds. Fear not! Oddysseus

This is a new blog for the family and friends of the sailing vessel BrainWaves as she begins a new adventure in the fall of 2017. The trip will begin at the home port of Petoskey, Michigan and continue through the Great Lakes, out to Atlantic Ocean, on to Bermuda and then to St. Martins.There will be four legs on this journey and a change of crew members that will vary from leg to leg. Hopefully, this blog can be updated as the journey progresses with stories and photos. Stay tuned, BrainWaves will be shoving off soon!. "Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than those you did., So throw off the bow lines. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the wind in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain.