After a couple of fantastic months of cruising in Maine, it’s feeling like time to head south. The weather is changing, with the long stretches of beautiful weather between storms starting to shrink. Mornings and evenings are markedly cooler, and we’ve resorted to our trusty Espar diesel furnace to take the chill out of Madrone a few times.
So, Madrone reluctantly points her bow south, closing a chapter of her journey. After the often-challenging conditions of Patagonia and our Epic Journey back to the US, peaceful cruising in mostly sheltered waters with mostly easy conditions was exactly what boat and crew needed.
We’re not sure where we’ll end up this winter, but it will be somewhere warmer than Maine!