Morehead City, NC Saturday 4 July 2008 - INDEPENDENCE DAY

Happy Independence Day!!! --- Happy Birthday America!!!

THANKS TO OUR TROOPS THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB

North Carolina folks enjoying themselfves on a small island about 200 yards from our dock.

At the inspiration of a friend from Solomons, MD, Bill Gregory, who is cruising single handed in Maine on his Vancover 32 Rincewind for the summer we wanted to introduce our mascott Ms. Put In Bay. Those who know the Erie Isles in the west end of Lake Erie (Great Lakes) will know the place. I bought her has a souvenir in Switzerland many years ago. She came on board (we are not sure how) when we originally brought Jabberwocky from Sandusky Ohio in 2003 and has been on board ever since keeping an eye on things.

Also to bring luck on our trip to and from Bermuda we follow an old maritime tradition of a coin attached to the mast. The top is a British Pound with Queen Elizabeth and the lower is a Bermuda 25 cent piece with the famous Bermuda Long tail. Sailors are a superstitious lot.