The birth of Sparrow

On February 10, 2006, after a lengthy, arduous and sadly incomplete gestation period, our SAGA 409 (hull #6), from here on to be known as Sparrow, was delivered from the rather chilly SAGA Marine womb in St Catharines, Ontario.
She's missing a mast, a keel and a rudder, so it's a good thing we weren't planning to sail her from Canada to Florida. Instead, she'll roll down various Interstates to Fort Pierce, where the Paulsen/Nalle family (that's me, Amy Paulsen, my huband, Bert Nalle, and daughters Nora and Rosie) will meet up with her and she will finally be made whole. Before we go broke. We hope.

Earlier today, Bert, Nora and I bid a fond, final farewell to our temporary hometown of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario (we're minus Rosie, who's sailing off the coast of Honduras with our good friends Sarah, Grey, Beatrice and Roxie Wicker aboard their Peterson 46, Sa Lako. Now, many hours later, we are crashing at the low-budget, slightly seedy, but perfectly-acceptable-as-long-as-the-lights-are-turned-out Quality Inn in Morgantown, West Virginia. And now is when I must end this entry, because the glow from my computer is proving way too illuminating for sleepy Nora's eyes.
Tomorrow: Savannah or bust. Soon to come: The full SAGA saga. This is Sparrow, standing by.