Ally the Sailor
Last November, I wrote about Ally’s Fun Adventure where she was asked to help a tall ship off the east coast of the US with a transit and got on a plane the next day. I’ve alluded to this a couple times, but not shared what has happened since.
She originally volunteered for 2 weeks, which would cover the transit from Virginia down to Georgia and then another week or so with local sails near St. Simons Island. By the time they finished the transit and got to Georgia, she had been offered a full time job. This isn’t surprising; this happens pretty regularly when people get to know her. She wasn’t sure what she wanted to do. The atmosphere on the Lynx was different than the Lady Washington and she had been working on plans of her own in Oregon when this all came about. She committed to staying for a month more which had her coming home just a couple days before Christmas. Over that month though, she got to know everyone and also learned that the Lynx would be participating in Sail 250.
Sail 250 is an event to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of America, with tall ships coming from around the world to participate. The Lynx will lead the Eagle into New York harbor on the 4th of July. The opportunity to see so many ships and meet so many fellow sailors is pretty exciting. Ally decided to go back to the ship after Christmas and committed to staying on through the summer season. We are super excited for her to have this experience. We’ll be flying out to New York to see her and the ships ourselves.
She left in early February. They have been doing a bunch of maintenance getting the ship ready for another season. She fixed the flag you’ll see in one of the photos, but she’s also doing a huge amount of sanding, painting, varnishing and oiling. It’s a lot of work but she’s been having a great time working and having fun adventures with the other sailors.
I should have written this post when I originally meant to, about the time she left Oregon.
