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Mothers day weekend and our first weekend aboard WhimSea for the 2012 season. Also, our first weekend with our now one year old little guy.

We decided to head up on Saturday, mostly to save us all the hassle of trying to put beds together while praying we didn't wake up the boy. We felt coming up on Saturday would give us time to load things onto the boat, set up beds, and put the safety netting in place in the V Berth. You see, we needed to find some method of protecting Dylan while he slept. Last year, he slept in a Moses Basket in the aft berth with us. Since he wasn't mobile, it worked well. This year, everything will change.

Troy had a plan that involved securing netting across part of the Vberth so if he rolled in the night, he wouldn't hit the floor. We would place it forward so we would still be able to use some of the berth as a changing table. It sounded great when we spoke about it at home. Of course, it wasn't until we arrived that we realized that the netting, without something to tie it to periodically, would simply slide up and down on the bars. So, I slept in the aft berth with Dylan and Troy ended up in the salon for the night. Not the most comfortable for him, but it worked. We're back to the drawing board and hope this coming weekend, we'll find a solution.

There's an article in today's Star Tribune about the work to clean up the SS Meteor for the spring commissioning. Here is a link for you: http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/121794809.html

The museum opens for the season today.

Dylan, Troy and I visited Lake Superior this weekend to get the boat ready for splash down. As you can see, Dylan spent most of the day in his stroller watching Dad work on the hull (waxing, touching up the bottom paint).

The 2011 Race Notice has been posted for the TransSuperior. The race will begin on August 6th in Canada.

Troy just couldn't resist getting this rocking boat for Dylan. It'll be a little while before he's big enough to rock in it on his own, but he sure does look cute, doesn't he? Besides, it counts towards 'Sea Time', right?!?