Bermuda Bound - An Overview of the Trip

The Big Day is only a month away! It's hard to believe that when the ground here is covered with white stuff and I don't mean beach sand. For those of you that are new to this planned escapade here is a brief overview of our trip. BrainWaves is a 36' Catalina owned by Don & Deb Roth of northern Michigan. Don has been planning this trip to Bermuda for quite some time. To avoid the potential bad weather of the hurricane season, he wanted to start this trip in early spring. He decided to have his boat shipped to Norfolk, Virginia as the base to start and end this adventure. The crew will meet in Norfolk on May 2, 2009. We will take a day to commission the boat, obtain the rest of our provisions and do sea trials. If all goes well, we will then leave port at high tide the next morning. Our crew has changed a little as the trip draws near, but for now there are four of us for certain that are going on the first leg to Bermuda. Don is our skipper with John, Ken and Rod serving as crew. We plan to stay several days in Bermuda and then start our return trip somewhat based on optimal weather. We will lose Ken as he will be flying back home and two new crew members (Tom and John) will be flying into Bermuda to complete the return trip. We hope for good weather, good times and a safe trip all the way from home and back! We will try to update this blog as often as we can, which may be difficult because of the destination and lack of anything between Norfolk and Bermuda - except lots of salt water!