SONATA commenced the Great American LOOP for the third time May 21, 2015, and, crossed her wake, completed the third adventure May 18, 2016. This Blog is that story. SONATA's Second Loop was from May 19, 2011, to May 7, 2012. Captains Charlie and Bonnie Burke aboard their Grand Banks 42 started their FIRST Loop May 25, 2007, and, after 3 countries, 18 states, and some 8,000 miles the trip was completed by returning to homeport, Ocean Marine in Portsmouth, VA, May 24, 2008.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
May 18, 2011 . . . Ocean Marine Portsmouth, VA; Predeparture Preparation
SONATA has been returned to the water, to the Ocean Marine Marina, berth 10; has been waxed, engines made ready to go, fuel, water, and provisions loaded; ready to depart.
SONATA'Galley Table and TV area is ready to receive the guests we will have aboard along the way; the Galley area from the other direction is our Lower Helm Station.
Lower Helm Station
The Forward Berth . . . where our guests will sleep.
The After-berth is ours and has been tastefully furnished by Bonnie; it is very comfortable and attractive.
SONATA awaits the first light of the 19th, our intended departure date . . . just a few hours away. We will cross the bay and spend the first night of our SECOND loop at Onancock, Virginia, on Virginia's Eastern Shore.
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