Thursday, June 5, 2008 - 8:30 am
We met Will, Tony and Sue Smith's son-in-law, at Performance Cruising for the handover orientation at 8:30 am. This was our first glimpse of Blue Heron - and she is beautiful!! Her logo and name are very striking! It was certainly worth the extra effort (and cost) to have the artwork and lettering done. Our hailing port on the transom is Delaware City, DE. We did have to have Brendon, the sign guy, come back and change the spelling, however. He had put "DELEWARE CITY" so the second "E" had to be changed to "A". Sue Smith shared a little note about Brendon with us -- he is dyslexic! When we entered the cabin, there were two Performance Cruising t-shirts, two red caps from "Sail" and a small blue paddle that said "Welcome Aboard." We thought all of these items were from Performance Cruising. It turns out that Maureen's brother and sister-in-law, Mark and Marge, had the paddle sent to Performance Cruising and asked them to place it on board for our arrival. Mark told us that he had written something on the back but we never turned it over! We'll be sure to check it out the next time we are aboard Blue Heron.
The morning orientation went very well. Gale had many questions while Maureen tried to absorb all of the information. After lunch, Will took us out on Chesapeake Bay for a short "shake down" cruise. There was a little bit of wind -- 6 knots or so. Blue Heron handled easily and Gale brought her back into the slip like an expererienced Captain.
We finished our handover at 4:30 pm and decided to find Enterprise Car Rental to pick up the vehicle we had reserved for our trip to Delaware tomorrow. After dropping the rental car back at Performance Cruising, we headed downtown again hoping to do a bit of shopping at Fawcett's, a marine supply store. The shop was already closed by the time we arrived, so we stopped at a pub for some cocktails and hors d'oeuvres. Then it was back to the boat to spend our first night aboard Blue Heron.
We met Will, Tony and Sue Smith's son-in-law, at Performance Cruising for the handover orientation at 8:30 am. This was our first glimpse of Blue Heron - and she is beautiful!! Her logo and name are very striking! It was certainly worth the extra effort (and cost) to have the artwork and lettering done. Our hailing port on the transom is Delaware City, DE. We did have to have Brendon, the sign guy, come back and change the spelling, however. He had put "DELEWARE CITY" so the second "E" had to be changed to "A". Sue Smith shared a little note about Brendon with us -- he is dyslexic! When we entered the cabin, there were two Performance Cruising t-shirts, two red caps from "Sail" and a small blue paddle that said "Welcome Aboard." We thought all of these items were from Performance Cruising. It turns out that Maureen's brother and sister-in-law, Mark and Marge, had the paddle sent to Performance Cruising and asked them to place it on board for our arrival. Mark told us that he had written something on the back but we never turned it over! We'll be sure to check it out the next time we are aboard Blue Heron.
The morning orientation went very well. Gale had many questions while Maureen tried to absorb all of the information. After lunch, Will took us out on Chesapeake Bay for a short "shake down" cruise. There was a little bit of wind -- 6 knots or so. Blue Heron handled easily and Gale brought her back into the slip like an expererienced Captain.
We finished our handover at 4:30 pm and decided to find Enterprise Car Rental to pick up the vehicle we had reserved for our trip to Delaware tomorrow. After dropping the rental car back at Performance Cruising, we headed downtown again hoping to do a bit of shopping at Fawcett's, a marine supply store. The shop was already closed by the time we arrived, so we stopped at a pub for some cocktails and hors d'oeuvres. Then it was back to the boat to spend our first night aboard Blue Heron.
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