Nov. 21 2011
Greetings,
First, I wanted to let you know I’m changing my approach for the updates. This will be the last one you’ll get in your email. From now on, I’m going to be posting them on;
secondstaradventures.blogspot.com
I will send out an email announcement when I post a new update but it will be up to you if you want to go check it out.
We’ve also added a share page for our SPOT tracking;
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0iqrJYngZjSFpgCsLim3MlgpIQIYeVGXP
So you’ll be able to follow our progress when we are underway if you’d like.
Now for the update; we finally made it back to Isla Mujeres Mexico. The weather in the gulf held us in FL much longer than we had planned, but eventually we found a window that we could slip down to Key West and, from there, get in between the fronts to cut across the gulf and Yucatan channel. The crossing went well. Our friend Daryl made the trip with us so we had a 2-hours-on-4-hours-off watch schedule which makes it a lot easier. It felt good to get “home” although we’re thinking we’re getting too comfortable in Isla and should move on before we get “stuck” here.
My mother came down to visit last week and we had a good time showing her around the island and sharing our world here with her (snorkeling, music, beautiful sunsets…). She left yesterday to spend time with my sister in CA so now life here returns to “normal” (for us anyway).
Johne’s working on a couple of boats other than Second Star and, of course, always has things he’s working on here. I have some projects aboard that have been waiting for some spare time and a-round-toit, which I think I’ve got now. I’ll let you know in the next update how I did.
Until then, be well and live your dreams.
Susie aeon
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This began many years ago for Johne. Somewhere along the way, he decided that someday he would have a boat and sail around the world. Through the years bits and pieces of the dream have changed, but the one thing that has remained the same was the desire to see the world from the deck of a boat. In July of 2000 the opportunity presented itself. Johne found a boat in Florida that was literally a "fire sale." The galley had caught fire and destroyed the housing, but the potential was there. Johne and Susie made the leap. They bought the boat and moved from Reno, NV to Ft. Myers, FL. Immediately they began the process of tearing down the old and rebuilding the new. By December of that year, all that was left, was a good, solid hull. For the past several years, Johne has build Second Star almost entirely by hand. Built with love and fueled by desire. Now that the construction has nearly reached completion we would like to share our dream with you. Please join us as we head out for the adventure of a lifetime.
What's in a name? It is supposed to be bad luck to rename a boat. In this case, however, the old boat died, and a new boat has reemerged from the ashes. "Second Star" comes from a quote, "second on the right and straight to morning." Recognize it? It is Peter Pan's directions to Neverland.
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This began many years ago for Johne. Somewhere along the way, he decided that someday he would have a boat and sail around the world. Through the years bits and pieces of the dream have changed, but the one thing that has remained the same was the desire to see the world from the deck of a boat. In July of 2000 the opportunity presented itself. Johne found a boat in Florida that was literally a "fire sale." The galley had caught fire and destroyed the housing, but the potential was there. Johne and Susie made the leap. They bought the boat and moved from Reno, NV to Ft. Myers, FL. Immediately they began the process of tearing down the old and rebuilding the new. By December of that year, all that was left, was a good, solid hull. For the past several years, Johne has build Second Star almost entirely by hand. Built with love and fueled by desire. Now that the construction has nearly reached completion we would like to share our dream with you. Please join us as we head out for the adventure of a lifetime.
What's in a name? It is supposed to be bad luck to rename a boat. In this case, however, the old boat died, and a new boat has reemerged from the ashes. "Second Star" comes from a quote, "second on the right and straight to morning." Recognize it? It is Peter Pan's directions to Neverland.