Prepared and ready (as we'll ever be)

20:55 UTC, 29/7/07. 52'00N 001'11.5E

And suddenly the time has come to head off. Gesa and the kids have just left and waved goodbye - we've never been apart for as long as we will be this time - and I'll miss them. The boat is packed, secured and ready to go.

I'm doing some gentle passage planning before turning in for a quiet night. And it will be very quiet, for the weather gods are being kind and giving us a calm night, with gentle breezes predicted all week. We may burn some diesel but we won't be bashing into a gale!

There's a magnet on our fridge at home that repeats the old quote (possibly Twain) about regretting the things you didn't do more than the ones you did, and urging us to 'throw off the bowlines, set sail, discover'. It's time to set sail. We leave at 09.30 GMT, Monday July 30, 2007.

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