We sit here in Elizabeth City, NC so excited we don't know what to do.  Departure to France is December 1, 2017, the Paris boat show December 3rd and a tour of the factory in La Rochelle, France, December 5th.  We will see our boat, Knot Normal, coming down the line almost complete.  We are hoping to have it by mid December with rigging, outfitting, sea trials and provisioning through to Xmas.  My dear nephew, Rocky, and the professional crew will join me for the cruise across the ocean to Grenada. Rocky will depart along the coast of Europe to go back to graduate work in Austria.   Mary Anne has more sense than me so she will flying back home and will meet me in Grenada.  We will be greeted there by our cousins Deb and Ben Unger who live in Grenada a short distance from Le Phare Blue, our marina and home for a month or so.

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