Entry #32: To view my blog’s first entry scroll down to ‘Entry # 1’. Sorry for the inconvenience, I will eventually figure out how to reverse entry order.
What’s accomplished today and tomorrow are critical to whether I embark on schedule. The following are the keys _
- Electronics OK: As stated in my last entry, completing todays’ wiring connections and testing for proper functioning of all electronics is crucial to remain on schedule (and to budget);
- New Main and Jibs Sails OK: Assuming today goes well, tomorrow I will be installing and raising the new sails for the first time;
- Welland Crew: Currently I am short one crew member. I hope to have a second crew member committed for my return lock passages over the next few days.
Four factors will have significant impact to my trip and schedule – departure date, equipment failure(s), route and weather & seas. My departure date is dependent on the keys listed above. I have no control of the weather & its seas except for my best efforts to avoid bad weather or take advantage of promising winds. I am doing my best to have reduced risks and the potential impacts of equipment failure(s).
That leaves me with the fourth factor – my route. Again, my objective is to be ‘the first ever to circumnavigate the five Great Lakes in one season’. As part of my trip, I also will be qualifying and incorporating the 2019 Trans-Superior International Yacht Race.
I have been in the process of completing a detailed itinerary and timeline. I’ve established with each Great Lake circumnavigation route, a set of decision criteria including contingencies for each waypoint. I plan to share my detailed itinerary in my next entry.
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