Back at the tiller

Nice to get back on the boat again after all that fooling around in the snow though the first day out was a disaster as we had to run before a storm, shelter in Fundy and ride it out at anchor off St John.

Actually it wasn't as bad as all that because Jean Delaunnay was with us and although he's a rotten sailor he is of course the best chef in Massachusetts (he says in North America) and with Tasha's help cooked some superb meals for the three of us. They laughed at me when I had a huge freezer put in the boat when we ordered it but now they have to admit it was a good idea because Jean had plenty of supplies to work with though in his restaurant he never uses any frozen stuff.

And we had five bottles left of the case of 1997 Gruaud Larose St. Julien that Jean's father gave me for my birthday. Jean says it's a crime to keep it on the boat being shaken around so we decided we had to polish it off. It took us two very enjoyable days about which I don't remember very much.