http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Baco/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Baco en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:02:51 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:02:51 UTC Well she the boat finally has a new name Big Sky. The departure date is nearing and our excitement and nerves are building. We're wrapping up our careers which doesn't come without emotion as we've poured our hearts souls and energy into creating them for the last combined 65 years. Excel spreadsheets are a Godsend so we don't have to keep the details stored in our heads. Lists http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-116392.html The adventure is nearing. After months of searching the internet traveling to various coastal cities we found the perfect boat in Finland. It's a 515 Nauticat currently in dry dock at the Nauticat yard in Turku just outside Helsinki. Now we wait until the Baltic Sea thaws then we set sail The boat sale was official September 15th 2006. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Finland/Southwest-Finland/Turku/blog-96915.html Thanks Jan for introducing us to the blog as this may be the very communication tool that will keep Con and me connected with family and friends when we set sail. We're working on a private access website that will hold certain aspects of our adventure but for the daytoday journaling we believe the blog is as Con would say the cat's assStep one buy the boat. Next weekend we'll h http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-78277.html