T-10 and Counting

On Sunday, April 20, Spirit finally left Selene Yacht Service for home base at Anacortes Marina.
All the mandatory items from the survey have been accomplished, although some work has been deferred until the fall.
We are in the final stages of packing and finalizing plans for departure (on-time) from Anacortes on May1. We made a stop at Armchair Sailor and purchased the remaining paper charts for the trip, since they are still a requirement even with all the electronic aids.
Tomorrow we depart for the 2010 Northwest Selene Rendezvous at Roche Harbor and will use the time to make sure all the systems are really ready. We will return on Sunday afternoon, April 25 and will top off the fuel tanks. We expect to take on about 800 gallons of fuel.
Back to Bellevue for last minute arrangements and then we transition to Spirit on Wednesday, April 28.
Our guest list has filled out (more on that as our guests arrive and depart) and all provisions are on board except for the perishable items. We still have some boot stripe showing so we could pack some more items, but are running out of places to put things. It is sort of like packing for any trip, the last minute "nice-to-haves" seem to explode in volume.





Spirit on the "hard" at Canal Boatyard