Saturday, August 4, 2007

On her way "HOME"

Just moments ago Mokum once again set sail for the final leg of her journey "home".
For those of you who haven't cottoned on yet the name MOKUM is a familiar term for the city of Amsterdam. The word has hebrew origins and means town / city or place. People from Mokum are Mokummers. Groot / Big Mokum is Amsterdam and Klein / Small Mokum is Rotterdam.
Apparently there are 5 men on board now including Bas. Martin spent the night with his friends in Portsmouth and was able to have breakfast with his mother before they sailed today.
They seem to be depending on Bas' cell phone to call around and have been in touch with Elmer regarding times and point of entry.....unfortunately they have stopped calling home.
---I am biting my tongue here--- sailors!
The information we have I have received by calling JP's sisters in Amsterdam.
Apparently it is a beautiful day and the crossing would take 24 to 26 hours but under these great conditions it will take less. They are eager to get to Amsterdam as bad weather is on it's way.
Mary and I both leave Canada today and will arrive in Holland tomorrow.
We will keep you posted and hopefully photos will follow sometime soon!
It's not over yet.

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