CELESTIAL,
our IP 440 will depart Vinings Landing Marina on Wednesday May 28, 2014 after two preparation days. The crew members are: Captain Tom Tursi
(Pennsylvania), First Mate George "Nordie" Norwood (Florida), and student crew members Les Holden
(North Carolina), Jake Jacobson (Virginia), Larry Elliott (Pennsylvania) and Jack McDonald (Maryland). CELESTIAL will make the passage to
Bermuda via a
non-stop ocean route. The cruise has an estimated distance of 650
miles, and will take approximately 6 days, sailing both day and night.
We will discuss the route, weather and actual progress here on our
blog as it happens, so please join us! To follow the discussion,
see the comments to this blog post. To follow their actual progress on
Google Earth, click
HERE.
