A year ago

I’ve been slightly seasick again since we left Madagascar and I am still feeling a little disoriented under the almost equatorial sun so I can’t write much today but I wanted to stop for a moment and remember that just a year ago, November 15, 2005, was the day when Frank took me to Covey Island Boatworks in Petite Riviere, Nova Scotia, for the first time and I was introduced to the Maggie B on a Tuesday afternoon. She was then nothing but a sculptural masterpiece looking somewhat like a future sailboat and the people working on it were strangers to me. Now, the Maggie B is happily sailing on the Indian ocean after several thousands of miles on different seas, cold and warm, and some the people who were strangers to me then, became good friends. Much has happened since, more than I can express right now but I’ve been waiting for this day… to say that today, it has been a year… and it has been a good year, full of adventures I never ever imagined. I am left breathless, remembering…