Boy the crew was happy to see us. There was a particular look of relief on the face of my Project Manager, Jeffrey Wargo, who has been gone from his Johns Island home for more than 2 months. The extended delivery from France to Charleston was his longest offshore voyage, despite thousands of miles on competitive and leisure sailboats. His partner Liz Orsi and their dogs came out with me on the chase boat to cheer them on, as did Dr. Kevin Hogan, who was part of the original crew leaving France. The crew received our treats of food and cold beer with open arms, and continued their slow motor to the dock. It was great to greet my old friends Jeffrey and JC Caso, who will stay here in Charleston to execute the refit and preparations for the race, and also travel to each port of the race as my core shore support team. Adam Currier, who was just onboard for the delivery from Tenerife to Charleston, is a great guy who helped us out when we were in France as well. He barely made it here in time for his flight home to Lorient, France, but I’m sure we will see him again when we head to La Rochelle for the start of the race. The boat looks great and truly had a good beating on the delivery from France. She needs some love and we will get to work as soon as the boys get some sleep and feel rested enough to dig in to a pretty major project.
Thanks for following our progress.
Cheers,
Brad
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