Some regard Friday as a "lucky" day. In maritime circles, however, setting sail on a Friday brings ill-fate to a ship and her crew -- the nautical equivalent of Friday the 13th.
Personally, since we are typically weekend boaters, we have tossed this superstition aside. We USUALLY set sail on Friday (just as soon as we could get off work and get out boat into the water!)
Unfortunately, this will not be the case today... We have chosen to lay-up ONE more day, to finish-up a few odds & ends, and make the most of this last "working" day of the week (I have a few business calls to make this morning.)
We want to get an EARLY start on our first day out, so we can take our time dealing with the locks, and getting used to our new boat underway, plus have plenty of leeway in our schedule just in case anything goes bump during day-one. But, it will be noon+ after we finish our chores, and that's just too late of a start for the mileage we plan to cover (daytime-only cruising) during day-one.
Thus, we get to enjoy one more day of marina/dockside living! :-)
Note to friends & family: We need to be focused on chores and such. So, respectfully, please, no visitors today/tomorrow... (We won't be very good hosts/hostesses over the next 24 hours.)
Friday, July 17, 2009
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