Day 9: Father's Day!!! I woke up and read the card that Pam had snuck into my duffle bag. James wrote on the card and maybe it was the message combined with being away that brought a tear to my eye. We had another great breakfast courtesy of Greg. I decided to risk the financial penalty and turned my blackberry on and called home. It was great to hear Pam's voice and to hear that they are doing okay (I also downloaded 145 emails ... I decide I'll read them whe...

Day 8: Overcast morning Breakfast of bagels and cereal with juice and coffee. The long range weather is questionable as we need south west winds on Monday for a nice ride and it looks like we are getting north east - this could make for an uncomfortable start to the voyage. We clean up an pull anchor heading to Hamilton for groceries. Once there we hit the wifi spot at the library for email and weather updates. I surprisingly get a Skype call from my brother b...