But fate ordains that dearest friends must part.
“Why is almost every robust, healthy boy with a robust, healthy soul in him, at some time or other, crazy to go to sea? Why, upon your first voyage as a passenger, did you feel such a mystical vibration, when first told that you and your ship were now out of sight of land?”
-Herman Melville, "Moby Dick"
On Monday, October 6th Andrew will board a plane for Boston, MA. There He will meet Captain William Babner, John Durden and Skylark (1981 Tartan 37). The next morning, Bill, John and Andrew will set sail for Florida and onto the Bahamas. Once they reach this destination and when the time is right, He will continue alone and on land onto Albuquerque, NM. Here He will join friend Kristian Rose and continue on. Past this last entry, details of his journey become hard to grasp but, he assures us he plans to return by December 1st, 2008.
As a young boy, I remember vividly the feelings of freedom accompanied by joy and adventure on the water as I had sailed the Niagara River, and Lake Ontario. These remnants of joy and adventure have never left me.
Fair winds,
Andrew
