The history of...

So, you ask, how did a thirty-something couple and their dog come to undertake an epic restoration? Where did this dream of cruising begin?

Let me take you back... the year was 2000.

The boy and girl met when they became bench mates in the Marine System program at the Landing School of Boatbuilding and Design in Kennebunkport, Maine.

They build boats like this...



.....in the boat building programs. However we had each signed up for the marine systems program. Which means.. engines.. electrical systems.. air conditioning... refrigeration.. dirty skills.

Why?

I had just left a position as chief mate on a tall ship...

Thinking that my "captain" skills would be improved if I increased my "engineer" skills I decided to take a year and delve deep into all that is mechanical. I'm just that kind of girl.

The boy had just left the Coast Guard...

.... and wanted to continue working on boats, preferably sailboats.

And so the rest is history...

Well not really... but it is a story for another day.

Launch!

3 years and 3 months after beginning the epic restoration

Kairos was launched on Tuesday, June 22, 2010.

Journey's End boat transport picked her up and transported her to Thomaston....

Out of the shelter Justin build for the restoration.

Up the hill.

Over the St. George river.

And into the water!

On Friday June 25, 2010 the masts were stepped...

And we bent on the sails... marconi mizzen and gaff main.

Up next... 4th of July shake down cruise!

Before

This is where we found Kairos, then called Circuitous, in the side yard of a Portland, Maine home. She had been lived on for many Maine winters, and was in need of some loving. However she met all the specs we had in mind.

She is a shoal draft centerboarder, 30' long. She has a gaff main and a marconi mizzen (unlike the plan above) and has a transom hung rubber and tiller.

Due to her nice wide beam she has comfortable accommodations.

Kairos

Kairos: (καιρός) is an ancient Greek word meaning the right or opportune moment (the supreme moment). The ancient Greeks had two words for time, chronos and kairos. While the former refers to chronological or sequential time, the latter signifies a time in between, a moment of undetermined period of time in which something special happens. What the special something is depends on who is using the word. While chronos is quantitative, kairos has a qualitative nature.

**If you have stumbled onto this blog looking for a christian community you will be sorely disappointed.. move on. **

S/V: Sailing vessel - the designation used to differentiate between sailing vessels, and m/v motor vessels.

So this will be the blog chronicling the journey of sailing vessel Kairos.