No Way Jose

Jen and I spent the past several days vacationing in Cataumet on Cape Cod, and the weather cooperated nicely.  Many midsummer-like sunny days that allowed for some swimming, kayaking and fantastic sunsets.  Staying in place allowed for some visitors, and we took a nice day sail with cousins Sharon and Cara.

But we also had to keep our eyes on yet another hurricane as it slowly traveled north, Jose.   The Cape was going to get hit with a tropical storm at a minimum, and so we made the decision to start looking for places to store the boat for the winter in advance of the storm and colder/rougher New England weather.  We settled on Cape Cod since we couldn't sail the boat anytime soon with Jose building the seas, and decided it will be fun to cruise some new areas next summer.  Having the boat based in Cape Cod instead of home port Cape Ann opens up some new cruising areas for us with long weekends and week-long vacations to work with (e.g. Nantucket Sound).  As it turns out, we decided this may be an even better interim approach than having the boat based further south for limited winter cruising.

So we are winding down the voyage and the blog, but will try to post an epilogue of sorts summarizing some key observations, lessons learned, etc.  It's been a great 3+ weeks on the water, despite some setbacks.  Thanks to all for following us along!  And thanks to my employer for the extended time off, we'll use the rest of the time for some hiking in northern New England -- surf and turf!