Scott did write some blogs on his journey from Rouen to Paris where he was meeting his parents. I had every intention of wresting them from him while he was home, but I seemed to have missed my opportunity. I know he wrote them (Jim saw him typing!!).
He made it to Paris and met his parents (again I will steal his thunder by including this picture in Paris, taken by a friend of Jean Yves).
Scott, Jean Yves, Bob & Marion Collins
The three weeks Scott was home passed in a blur and now he is gone. He left yesterday (Jan 8) to return to Severance. The blogs he wrote remain on his computer – perhaps lost to posterity forever.
The three weeks Scott was home passed in a blur and now he is gone. He left yesterday (Jan 8) to return to Severance. The blogs he wrote remain on his computer – perhaps lost to posterity forever.
To bring you up to date - he left the boat in Sardinia (an Italian island in the Med, just south of the French island Corsica). He left Armando to guard it, giving you a good idea of his complete trust in Armando.
Despite Scott’s trust - Armando joked about giving the transponder to a German friend to take to Germany while going back for the holidays. He thought Scott might wonder when he saw Severance crossing the Mediterranean into Germany. He didn’t do it, too bad, I think it would have been very funny. Apparently Scott is rubbing off on Armando (poor guy).
Scott’s plan (he has no plan and he’s sticking to it – so if this turns out to be wrong don’t blame me!) is to leave the Mediterranean as soon as he returns to Sardinia. Winter in the Med is brutal. Something he was told, but I guess you have to experience to believe. The Mistral’s can cause winds in the 70 – 90 MPH range which is hurricane strength, and which Scott and Armando experienced. Madeline wished him luck when she heard his plans to spend the winter in the Med. She said it would be like sailing in a washing machine. This is true and I hope Scott will tell some of their storm stories; however I can tell you, they are not ones he wishes to remember.
So as soon as he returns they will be headed to Mallorca, a Spanish island west of Sardina, then on to continental Spain, stopping in Gibraltar to regroup and then down the coast of Africa to the Canary Islands. The Canary Islands are off the southern tip of Morocco. Continuing down the west coast of Africa they head for the Cape Verde Islands. (I may join them there for a week or two – who knows? I have no plan and I’m sticking to it.). From the Cape Verde Island they do “the cross” – to Brazil.
Brazil is Armando’s home and he wants to share it with Scott. Like meeting Tim and Madeline in England or Jean Yves in France, (or sister Lynn in New York) there is nothing like experiencing a place with a local.
Scott’s cousin, Danny McJannet, from British Columbia is planning to join him in March for the cross.
So now you are caught up and I am ready to tell my story.
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