This blog chronicles the (mis)adventures of Chris and Irina as they journey south aboard their trawler "Auriga" from Fall River, MA to the Bahamas and Turks & Caicos Islands. Auriga is a 47ft Selene trawler weighing in at 65,000lb fully laden (and it certainly is fully laden for this trip), drawing a bit less than 6ft, and typically running at 7.5 knots (though on occasion we do crank up to a high of 10 knots). We purchased Auriga in Fort Lauderdale, FL in 2006 and brought her back to Warren, RI, pretty much non-stop over the course of a week. Since then our longest trips have been to Maine and up the Hudson River. We are now embarking on the first leg of our voyage. We plan to leave Fall River on October 25th and cruise south to Myrtle Beach, SC, where we shall leave Auriga until next year when we shall resume our voyage to the Bahamas.
Well, all the lists are done, and the boat is well provisioned and stocked (we must be carrying a spare part for every single system on the boat -but are they the right ones??, plus lots of food, beer and toilet paper!!).
Now we wait...two weeks to Departure Day!!
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